How was the festival started? [Queer Mutiny North->http://queermutinynorth.wordpress.com put on the first two festivals. They are a DIY collective that organises lots of events as an alternative to the mainstream gay scene and this is something that was continued by other people. What would you say defines a queer festival or a queer film? We struggled to come up with a single definition (…) Continue Reading »

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Although I was planning to see Double Play, a potentially interesting documentary about the friendship between film directors Richard Linklater and James Benning, the former a long-standing darling of American semi-indie who flirts with Hollywood (The School of Rock), the other a firm outsider of the mainstream who makes feature length, non-narrative landscape films, it was cancelled. So (…) Continue Reading »

Vous avez rencontré le grand amour pendant les vacances, et ne savez pas comment déclarer votre flamme ? Oubliez les fleurs, et suivez l’exemple de Joel, héros de la comédie trash de Ross Butter, I love you so hard. Le court métrage I love you so hard fait parler de lui depuis sa sélection au dernier festival de Clermont-Ferrand, dans la section « Labo ». Le réalisateur Ross Butter a mis en (…) Lire la suite »

You’ve met the love of your life this summer, but you’re not quite sure how to make the first move? Forget the flowers and violins and follow the example of Joel, hero of Ross Butter’s creepy comedy I Love You So Hard. I Love You So Hard captured audiences’ attention when it was screened at this year’s Clermont-Ferrand short film festival. Director Ross Butter animated a story by Joel (…) Continue Reading »

Although light and fluffy in tone, this week’s short, Je sens le beat qui monte en moi, at the heart of this film is the character’s inability to adapt to the world around them. Yann LeQuellec’s short, a tribute to Eels’ Beautiful Freaks, came out in 2012 following numerous screenings in festivals around the world. Rosalba is encumbered by music, which literally, puts in a trance. To (…) Continue Reading »

Sous sa légèreté apparente, Je sens le beat qui monte en moi est un film sur la contrainte et sur l’incapacité à s’adapter au monde tel qu’il est. Hommage aux Beautiful Freaks, le court métrage de Yann LeQuellec s’est fait un nom aussi bien dans les festivals français qu’à l’étranger l’année de sa sortie, en 2012. Rosalba est encombrée par son rapport à la musique qui, littéralement, la met (…) Lire la suite »

This week’s short is Michael Almereyda’s Skinningrove, winner of the Sundance Festival Jury award in 2013. The film depicts the timeless and solitary atmosphere of a village in the North of England, brings to our attention the work of photographer Chris Killip. The film is available online (see link below). Skinningrove is a small village in Yorkshire. Isolated, independent, hostile to (…) Continue Reading »

Cette semaine, Mydylarama attire votre attention sur Skinningrove de Michael Almereyda, lauréat d’un prix du Jury à Sundance en 2013. Remarquable court sur la vie solitaire et hors du temps d’un village du nord de l’Angleterre, il révèle les travaux du photographe Chris Killip. Le film est disponible en ligne (lien plus bas). Skinningrove est un petit village anglais, au nord du Yorkshire. (…) Lire la suite »

In anticipation of catching the aquarium scene from The Lady From Shanghai at the BFI later this month MyDylarama’s favourite crustacean celebrates these aquatic wonders. 5. Noodlefish- Jinman Kim (2012) It looks like sand, yet sounds like (…) Continue Reading »