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Friday sees the release of Close Relations (Rodnye), Vitaly Manksy’s exploration of both sides of the recent conflict in Ukraine, shedding light on its impact on civilians in Ukraine, Russia and the separatist Donbass region. The documentary will be screened at Berta Dochouse from Fridau 20 January.
Trailer available here.
Synopsis: Critically acclaimed filmmaker Vitaly Mansky’s intimate (…) Continue Reading »
15 January 2017
Q&A with Suzie Hanna, director-animator Known Unto God - LSFF2017
by Anne-Sophie MarieCommissioned by 1418NOW as a five-year programme connecting people with the First World War through the arts, Known Unto God is a mud and pigment animation interpreting Bill Manhire’s poem about the deaths of young people during the war. It is (…) Continue Reading »
14 January 2017
Q&A with Stuart Gatt, writer and director of The Dead Sea - LSFF2017
by Anne-Sophie MarieThe Dead Sea, which screened on Thursday evening as part of LSFF’s Global Movements night at the Hackney Picturehouse, follows Emanuel and Olu who, after almost reaching Europe by boat, are returned to Libya and incarcerated in one of its (…) Continue Reading »
13 January 2017
Q&A with Treasa O’Brien, director of Noor at Mytlini Port - LSFF2017
by Anne-Sophie Marie, Mydylarama teamTreasa O’Brien is a Ireland and London-based filmmaker whose works (doc and narrative) ‘explore art politics, poetry, social change, the individual and the collective, ecstatic truth, storytelling, reality, the usual.’ Her film Noor at Mytlini (…) Continue Reading »
“A personal, insightful and beautifully made film” Huffington Post
“One of the most breathless documentaries in recent memory” The Village Voice
The film will be presented for the first time in the UK at a special screening in partnership with the Iraqi Association on Thursday, January 12th 2017 at Rivercourt Methodist Church at 6:30pm. A UK digital release will follow, date TBC.
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‘THIS IS HAPPENING WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION’ (“Her Jazz”, Huggy Bear, 1992)
London Short Film Festival (LSFF) - 6-15 January - has announced its 2017 programme. According to the organisers: "This year’s festival mantra comes from Huggy Bear’s 1992 single Her Jazz, one of the rare UK representatives of riot grrrl in the early nineties. Based on the song’s ethos ‘this is happening without your (…) Continue Reading »
« La Sociale » est un film à ne pas manquer, pour les questions qu’il pose comme pour les vérités qu’il nous fait connaître, mais aussi pour sa ferveur envers ce qui est l’une de nos plus belles réussites dans le sens où elle allie la sécurité de tous avec la solidarité de chacun : la Sécurité Sociale, notre assurance du droit à vivre dignement. Lire la suite »
5 October 2016
Q&A with Roger Carvalho, Founder of Snoovies
by Anne-Sophie MarieSnack Movies and Life Online
If you make or watch short films, you should be familiar with Snoovies by now. Created in 2013 by three London actors (Roger Carvalho, Karsten Huttenhain and Viana Maya), this free App showcases quality short films (…) Continue Reading »
Clotilde Couturier, correspondante au festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, échange avec Leyla Toprak, réalisatrice et chorégraphe du film "Uzak mı ..." ("Dûr e..." / "Distant...").
"Uzak mı..." a reçu la « Mention Spéciale du Jury » en Compétition Internationale au Festival de Clermont-Ferrand 2016.
Clotilde Couturier, correspondante au festival international du (…) Lire la suite »
This week’s short comes to us courtesy of film collective Reframed, whose eerily beautiful GIRL.LONDON.NIGHT, written by and starring Reframed member Claire Gordon-Webster, has just won the Best Female Filmmaker award at the Filmic Pro Tangerine Dreams Contest competition.
The contest, now in its second year and named after feature film Tangerine, that was shot entirely on an iPhone, (…) Continue Reading »