I am watching a 29-minute documentary called Victory Day because I want to hear from members of the LGBT community in Russia. Here they are, various same-sex couples. One of them has a teenage daughter. Some of them have dogs. One couple is cooking, another is doing D.I.Y. I like the telling glances, the smiles and the body language. I am interested in the clothing and the hairstyles. Are they (…) Continue Reading »

In partnership with Clermont Ferrand Film Festival, let’s have a drink at the "Brasserie du Court" : now discussing "The last of the Frenchmen" with Director Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun. Continue Reading »

MLK was vilified during his life, martyred after his death and has proved more valuable dead than alive. Now his words are hijacked to support everything from conservative ’individual responsibility’ initiatives to sales during his birthday celebration weekend. Making a film which captured the violence and resilience of the moment without resorting to clichés was almost as impossible as it (…) Continue Reading »

In Chaitanya Tamhane’s impressive debut Court the mounting tension and increasing urgency of so many legal dramas are replaced by a beautiful but melancholic futility. The film meanders through the endless legal battles which the Indian state has (…) Continue Reading »

From its very beginning cinema has been exalted for its ability to reveal the secret life of objects, enabling us to access a hidden reality inaccessible to our senses. As the early film theorist Jean Epstein put it- “We say ‘red’, ‘soprano’, ‘sweet’, ‘cypress’ when there are only velocities, movements, vibrations”. Joanne Woolgar’s companion films Mallets and Gong Close Up put these (…) Continue Reading »

« Les héritiers » : la revanche du noir de cité. « Les héritiers » est un film de Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar sur une idée originale d’Ahmed Dramé, qui offre une vision différente du jeune de banlieue en échec scolaire et prône la technique éducative de l’autonomie collaborative. Lire la suite »

Shot in London in 16 mm and on a micro-budget, BEAT has cemented director Aneil Karia’s reputation as one of the most promising British filmmakers on the “short” circuit. The film, declared “one to watch” by Screen Daily, was picked up by most major film festivals in Britain and around the world. Essentially, BEAT is about the all-pervasive and inherent loneliness and chaos of life in big (…) Continue Reading »

Cette semaine, la choregraphie aussi effrayante qu’hypnotisante d’un homme en transe dans les rues du nord de Londres. Une danse qui évoque aussi bien le désespoir, l’euphorie, que la folie. Auto-produit et tourné en 16 mm, BEAT est poétique et (…) Lire la suite »

Set in the Agusan marshlands of the Phillipines Crocodile is an attentive depiction of the daily life of a family who suffer the death of their young daughter Rowena (Jolina Espana) after she is attacked by a crocodile. The film is based on the (…) Continue Reading »

Travellers into the night, Ena Sendijarevic’s have seduced the festivals around the world. Continue Reading »