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 »

Travellers into the night, premier film d’Ena Sendijarevic, séduit les festivals autour du monde et nous entête grâce à son thème musical et la subtilité de sa mise en scène. Lire la suite »

Cannes favourite Timbuktu is Abderrahmane Sissako’s depiction of the Malian city’s brief occupation by Ansar Dine militias in 2012. Kidane, a Tuareg , has settled with his wife, daughter and a young shepherd he looks after, in the dunes just outside Timbuktu, hoping to steer clear of the invading jihadists. They live in relative peace, herding cows, until Kidane confronts a fisherman (…) Continue Reading »

“Gentleman, we’re ready to skate.”: le court de la semaine est un documentaire aux vertus quasi thérapeutiques. Philosophie de vie, celle de Slomo, ex-chirurgien qui a tout plaqué pour devenir skateur à plein temps à San Diego. Un film qui (…) Continue Reading »

Creased whispers that fold out of mouths shrouded in darkness. One of the most aurally tactile films I have seen in a long time; a lady, Vitalina, only speaks in whispers, of past tragedies and celebrations. Monolithic black consumes an entire two thirds of the frame, as Ventura, a man imprisoned or hospitalised or sectioned, wanders empty. The Cape Verdian immigrants in this film-poem (…) Continue Reading »

Documentaire ensoleillé du tout jeune réalisateur Ed Chappell, Sandyman a gagné le Young Greenhorn Film Award, qui lui permet de faire partie de la compétition officielle du Greenhorn short film festival, présentée demain soir à Londres. Lire la suite »

“Sandyman” Geoff is a well known amongst the locals. Every day, he spends hours drawing patterns in the sand only for the high tide to wash them away in the evening. Sandyman from Ed Chappell on Vimeo. Like its protagonist, this short doc is (…) Continue Reading »