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27 November 2021
Q&A with Sari Katharyn, director of THE SAPPHO PROJECT: FRAGMENT 147 - EFN AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
by Mydylarama team
With dozens of translations of Sappho’s words recorded by queer women from all over the world, we celebrate the fragment’s poignant reflection on memory and legacy. With animation reflecting the evolution of art movements, we pay tribute to queer woman through the ages—though we may never know their names, we celebrate their lives. The Sappho Project won the Audience Award at the latest edition of Emerging Filmmakers Night. We caught up with director Sari Katharyn.
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23 November 2021
Our Picks + The Closer and Passing
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
We jumped straight into this week’s picks:
Dave Chappelle’s Netflix show The Closer - we discuss the various contentious issues that had been raised, the concept of punching down - or up - , taking offence, who holds power and critiques of whiteness.
Passing - Does Rebecca Hall’s adaptation live up to the book? We discuss casting choices, the American specificity of the phenomenon of passing and the director’s perspective on it.
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21 November 2021
Snapshots from Leeds International Film Festival 2021
by Abla Kandalaft, Alma, Tom L.J.
Every year, the Leeds International Film Festival offers a carefully curated, diverse and exhaustive programme of feature films, retrospectives, shorts, music videos and more. Three members of the team were there. One of us was also part of the Jury for British and Yorkshire shorts! Here are some highlights away from the main feature competition programme.
Alien on Stage by Lucy Harvey and Danielle Kummer
A very amateur dramatics group of Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious (...) Continue Reading »
21 November 2021
Q&A with Dan Thorburn, director of Salt Water Town
by Abla Kandalaft
Salt Water Town was part of the British and Yorkshire shorts selection at the Leeds International Film Festival. It stood out for its impressive cinematography, troubling plot and standout performances by Owen Teale and Tom Glynn-Carney.
Liam helps run a failing caravan park in a Welsh coastal town with his father Glenn, who clings to the belief that prosperity will soon return. When an insurance inspector reveals the land they own is worthless as a result of rising sea levels, Liam must (...) Continue Reading »
21 November 2021
Q&A with Sema Basharan, director of The Branches are Hope; The Roots are Memory - Leeds award winner
by Mydylarama team
Sema Basharan’s short documentary explores the history of peace activism and grassroots resistance in Bradford and the way the city’s religious diversity inspired movements towards peacebuilding, through a creative use of experimental art and visuals, archive footage and interviews.
What inspired you to make a documentary about Bradford? And why the specific focus on concepts like peace?
I’d previously made a film exploring Christian attitudes to war and peace through the story of some (...) Continue Reading »
Alexandra nous rejoint sur le versant FR de la plate-forme. Voici un article d’intro, avec à la clé 2 films tirés au hasard parmis ceux qui l’ont marquée ces dernières années.
Lorsque, pré-adolescente, j’ai commencé à demander plus de liberté à ma mère, celle-ci m’a autorisée à sortir sans être accompagnée dans la ville pour aller à un seul endroit : le petit cinéma familial du centre-ville. Je m’y suis donc rendue tous les weekends avec ma meilleure amie, et c’est là que ma passion pour le 7ème art a commencé, (...) Continue Reading »
27 October 2021
Top Picks + Malignant: In praise of creature features
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green, Eddy Durnan
After a couple of weeks’ break for LFF, we are joined by guest Eddy Durnan, a Mydy subscriber, supporter, and a film buff with a long-standing career in visual effects to talk about (the somewhat maligned) Malignant.
A trip down memory lane brings up discussions around Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman...
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26 October 2021
Vanguard Film Festival at Arnolfini
by Elizabeth Mizon
The Vanguard Film Festival was the final of three events making up Vanguard x Vans: On The Screen in Bristol this autumn, a “celebration of street art and skateboarding history”. An advertising boon for skateboarding apparel manufacturer Vans, no doubt, the festival also served to draw attention to street art collective Vanguard’s debut exhibition at M Shed: Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement, which runs until 31st October.
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20 October 2021
Q&A with Mila Araoz, director of FILMS OF FURY - EFN CRITICS’ AWARD WINNER
by Mydylarama team
A short documentary following a young couple as they prepare to make their first action film in El Alto, Bolivia. Films Of Fury won the Critics’ Choice Prize at the latest edition of Emerging Filmmakers Night. We chatted to Mila about her work.
Well done for your win for Films Of Fury. What an original, offbeat and truly moving short film. Could you tell us more about its inception? How did you meet our protagonists? Why Bolivia?
I am half Bolivian, so I spend a lot of time in the (...) Continue Reading »
Investigative journalism website Declassified UK) is back with this short doc. At only 26 minutes, it lays bare Britain’s complicity in the atrocities committed in Yemen, while the people on the ground in Warton are kept in the dark. Presenter Matt Kennard elicits a range of reactions. Some residents are just happy with the job creation that comes with the industry but others express sad and shock and remark that money is better spent dealing with the current misery and poverty plaguing the (...) Continue Reading »
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