In 2023, as part of ParisDOC’s Classic Documentary Film Rendez-vous, Cinéma du réel and Préludes launched the Préludes Award, designed to support the restoration of documentary films. Préludes is an international sales and distribution company as well as a FVOD platform dedicated to debut films. In addition to distributing films, Préludes works alongside emerging filmmakers …
Each year, Cinéma du réel brings together the filmmakers behind contemporary documentary production around the globe. Through its programme, the festival throws light on the formal developments and experiments affecting documentary filmmaking in connection with the history of film. A selection of rare or unreleased films, questioning the state of the world, to be discovered in the …
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Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof (Evil Does Not Exist) premiered his latest feature, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. I reviewed it out of the Toronto International Film Festival, in September. As he discusses in the press notes, the film almost landed him in prison for 8 years, given its […]
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Wolf Man (Leigh Whannell, 2025) 3 out of 5 stars Universal Studios’ Classic Monsters are some of the most beloved figures in film history. Ever since Universal failed to reintroduce the characters through their Dark Universe in the 2010s, the studio has taken a more measured approach to reinterpretations. In 2020, veteran horror director Leigh […]
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Autumn and the Black Jaguar (Gilles de Maistre, 2024) 2½ out of 5 stars Autumn, played by Lumi Pollack (The Fallout), is a girl who adopts a black jaguar while her family lives in Peru. Sadly, her mother is killed by poachers, and she and her father must move back to New York after the […]
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Filmmakers Reinaldo Marcus Green, Arian Moayed and Celine Song are among the among the jurors who will be bestowing awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Jury is divided into six sections: U.S. dramatic, U.S. documentary, world cinema dramatic, world cinema documentary, short film program and Alfred P. Sloan feature film […]
After the COVID-19 pandemic, new films releasing immediately to streaming services marked a dramatic change in the industry. Paying to see movies on the big screen became less of a priority for film lovers, who could stay home and watch the latest must-see on their own television, from their own couch. But there are some […]
This story originated from Sol del Valle and has been translated for our English readers. On Dec. 22, two prominent artistic groups, Aspen Film and DanceAspen, partnered up for a unique collaboration, bringing a cinematic adventure combined with the magic of ballet. It happened to be the acclaimed production of “The Nutcracker.” The AF Isis Theater in […]
Led by a group of local comedians, Aspen Film hosted a live comedy show, “Patio Night Live,” on Thursday inside the ISIS Theatre in Aspen. The night was led by Miller Ford and Beth Brandon, two well-known valley locals and comedians. Jordan Lowe, another local comic, also took part. Joining the five-comic cast was Denver’s […]