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LoveYaPa, Review: The mobile phone as Pandora’s Box

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LoveYaPa, Review: The mobile phone as Pandora’s Box Those who are uninitiated might not realise that the title is a variation of siyapa, which means chaos or jiggery-pokery, and that siyapa itself comes from the Urdu word, siyah, meaning black, or dark. Siyapa has been used in the title of a film some years ago. So the makers of LoveYaPa have come up with this three-word composite...

LoveYaPa, Review: The mobile phone as Pandora’s Box

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LoveYaPa, Review: The mobile phone as Pandora’s Box Those who are uninitiated might not realise that the title is a variation of siyapa, which means chaos or jiggery-pokery, and that siyapa itself comes from the Urdu word, siyah, meaning black, or dark. Siyapa has been used in the title of a film some years ago. So the makers of LoveYaPa have come up with this three-word composite...

Interview with the team behind "Quwa": short film screening at SBIFF

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QUWA screening at Santa Barbara Film Festival 2025, a film by Jade Ipina (co-producer), Jonathan Coronado (sound designer), Ryan C.Grant (director of photography and co-editor)  and Catherine Scanlon (co-producer and assistant camera/editor). Interview by Emmanuel Itier I was truly taken by surprise by ‘Quwa’, a short film, exploring the history of the Goleta Slough and the...

Partner festivals calling with final deadlines

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The Bulletin Board ANNOUNCEMENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES recommended by filmfestivals.com: Dear filmmakers friends do not miss these Festivals in Focus.     Bruno Chatelin and the Filmfestivals.com Team wish you much success on the festival circuit  Read this online         FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                    New York...

‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Director on ‘Defying Orientalism’ With Tunisian Sundance Comedy: ‘People Want to See Belly Dancing and Mosques’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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The snow-covered Park City feels a world away from Tunis, where Amel Guellaty shot her feature debut “Where the Wind Comes From,” playing Sundance as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition strand. This real-life journey somewhat echoes that of the film’s main characters, Alyssa (Eya Bellagha) and Mehdi (Slim Baccar), who embark on an […]

David Lynch Meets Abbas Kiarostami in Sundance Thriller ‘The Things You Kill,’ Says Director Alireza Khatami

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Premiering out Sundance’s world dramatic competition ahead of subsequent play in Rotterdam, “The Things You Kill” marks Iranian auteur Alireza Khatami’s most personal and outré work to date. Led by Turkish stars Ekin Koç (“Burning Days”), Erkan Kolçakköstendil (“Familya,” “Magnificent Century: Kosem”), Hazar Ergüçlü (“The Protector”) and Ercan Kesal (“Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” […]

VIDEO: EFP Europe Hub in Sundance Director talks about fest screenings

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EFP provides a meeting space for the European film industry at the DoubleTree Hotel, The Yarrow, to promote and celebrate the diversity of European cinema. Jo Mühlberger is efp deputy managing director. He sat down at Europe's Sundance Hub with James Nelson, filmfestivals.com Sundance correspondant. Films from Norway, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium...

Post #MeToo Sex Farce ‘Two Women’ Reclaims Female Desire, Says Director Chloe Robichaud (EXCLUSIVE)

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Premiering out of Sundance’s world dramatic competition on Jan. 25, “Two Women” plays as a sex farce for the post-#MeToo era, following two stay-at-home moms who simply want more out of life — and who find, in games of seduction with local handymen, the most convenient way to scratch that itch. Director Chloe Robichaud and […]

efp champions outstanding european films at sundance film festival 2025 at Park City

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EFP is heartily welcoming filmmakers and industry professionals to this year's EUROPE! HUB at the Sundance Film Festival (23 January – 2 February 2025). In collaboration with one of the most important film festivals in North America as well as the staunch backing of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the co-hosting of five European national film promotion...

2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members

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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 […]
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