Movie Name: Saddam Director Name: Rick Hester
Hello Rick! Welcome to SIFF
1.The movie Saddam is definitely a great story. What made you come up with this idea?
As I read the transcripts of their declassified conversations, the bond that was developing between this young FBI agent and Saddam was just so compelling. It was a great story. And one that virtually no one had...
Rob Epstein (photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock for Sundance)
By Bailey Pennick
“This will be banned if this election goes the wrong way. How do we stop it?”
“What is your advice to keep hope alive?”
“What are we going to do?”
Four decades after he screened his sophomore film at the very...
OFFICIAL SELECTION
By Charlotte Pavard, published on 15.05.2024
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS © Compass Film
For the opening of the Un Certain Regard selection, the Debussy theatre welcomes the Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson with Ljósbrot (When the Light Breaks) : a subtle film about mourning and how to approach it, which was originally a short film.
What inspired...
While Heather Morris’s novelisation of the memoirs of Holocaust survivor Lale Sokolov has not been without its controversy (the Auschwitz Memorial Research Centre has criticised it for some factual inaccuracy), it is an extraordinary love story set against the backdrop of evil and I have found the tv adaptation to be harrowing and powerful. I think it is vitally important that these stories...
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure that follows the adventures of Paige, an astrophysicist in the making. We meet her as she leaves home and her worried parents to pursue her dream. Here, players fold the world like origami in order to solve a series of challenging and fun levels. This is a story about creating your own path, metaphorically and literally! Developed by Newfangled...
By Peter Jones
Amy Ray shuffles through a rack of clothing to find an unusual sleeveless western shirt.
Who would wear such a thing… she wonders out loud.
“I would.”
The lighthearted scene from It’s Only Life After All, in a sense, typifies the determined, almost rugged independence of the Indigo Girls, a folk-pop...
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The six new faces of La Résidence of the Festival : Molly Manning Walker ©️ Billy Boyd Cape, Ernst De Geer ©️ Per Larsson, Daria Kashcheeva ©️ Gabriel Kuchta, Deník N, Danech San ©️ Prum Ero, Anastasiia Solonevych ©️ DR, Aditya Amhad ©️ DR
Welcome to Molly, Aditya, Daria, Danech, Ernst and Anastasiia ! From March 15 to July 31, 2024, these young filmmakers will work in the heart...
BAFTA-winning developers State of Play took part in our inaugural Games Lab with their beautiful title, South of the Circle. Here are more projects from a studio known for making eye-catching animations and lovingly-crafted games.
Lume
In this prequel to Lumino City (see below), players meet inquisitive youngster Lumi. One day, she discovers that the...
WORLD PREMIERE OF ONE OF THE FUTURE WORLD BLOCKBUSTERS
March 6th - IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FILM CREW
The Floor Plan – Junichi Ishikawa -110´- ( Japan ) CF/OE- WORLD PREMIERE- horror fantastic , vo, leg english , leg port
Amemiya is a Youtuber who specializes in the occult . When your _ advisor him brings a house plan to observe , notice that the house presents...
Honoree Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, and Brad Pitt pose with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF).
Bradley Cooper was honored on Thursday, February 8, 2024 for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Leonard...