Prosecutor-turned-immersive storyteller Victoria Bousis has seen the often-separate strands of her professional lives converge in unexpected ways as she’s toured her recent project, “Stay Alive, My Son.” Using Cineplay – a mix of cinema with gameplay mechanics – the immersive experience adapts the memoires of human rights activist Pin Yathay, allowing users to embody Yathay’s […]
Infested (Sébastien Vanicek, 2023) 3½ out of 5 stars Spiders are a vital part of our ecosystem, and in recent years I have fought against my earlier tendencies to kill them inside the home. Still, I wish they could avoid building webs across my walkway, as there’s something particularly unsettling about stepping through those sticky […]
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Regarding the ÉCU Arab Selection, this year we were presented with three strong contenders: “…And I was left behind”, by Maysaa Almumin, “Holy Mother”, by Hussein Hossam and finally “Saleh”, by Zaki Alabdullah.
Each one of this three movies portrayed very different stories, but all of them very personal, complex, and emotional.
For instance, in the Qatari short movie “…And I Was...
Two films presented during Cinéma du réel 2024 are programed at the Festival du cinéma de Brive, 8-13 April 2024 : GAMA by Kaori Oda, Competition Cinéma du réel 2024 SKATEPARK by Fanny Chaloche et Annabelle Martella, First window Section Cinéma du réel 2024
Vision du réel, Nyon, 12-21 April 2024, programs 5 films presented during the last editions of Cinéma du réel: WHO CARES? by Alexe Poukine, Ciné + Young Jury Award 2024 ans Special mention of the Library Award Cinéma du réel 2024 CAMARADES by Ulysse Sorabella, Inmate Award Cinéma du réel 2024 UNDER A BLUE SUN …
Three films presented at Cinéma du réel 2024 are programed at the Hot Docs Festival, 25 April – 5 May 2024, Toronto : SILENCE OF REASON by Kumjana Novakova, International Award Cinéma du réel 2024 THE SOLDIER’S LAGOON by Pablo Álvarez-Mesa, Sacem Award Cinéma du réel 2024 BACK TO RIAÑO by Miriam Martin, Competition Cinéma …
StLouis’ DOCS, Senegal, 30 April – 4 May 2024, programs three films presented at Cinéma du réel : LES PRIÈRES DE DELPHINE by Rosine Mbakam, Ciné + Young Jury Award Cinéma du réel 2021 COCONUT HEAD GENERATION by Alain Kassanda, Grand Prix ex-aequo and Special mention of the Clarens Award for Humanist Documentary Filmmaking 2023 …
FROM ON DEMAND TO LINEAR Asian TV channels operator Celestial Tiger Entertainment and myTV SUPER, the OTT platform of Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) are to launch PopC, a movie channel dedicated to Chinese online films, with content supplied by mainland China streamer iQiyi. It launches in Hong Kong from May 1. “The idea […]
The filmmakers of My Life as a Courgette and Persepolis are set to return to the big stage with their latest films as the Cannes Film Festival have pumped in the very last titles for the 2024 edition pumping a pair of animated films in the Screening for Young Audiences section and a quartet of premieres for Cinéma de la Plage section.
The section that we criminally need to overlook while covering the festival, the Cannes Classics films (excluding Le Cinéma de la Plage) are the last batch of titles to be programmed for the next edition.