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29 January 2023
Sasha Argirov on his film Nurture at the Brasserie
by Abla KandalaftAn emotionally stunted man reckons with the deep-rooted resentment that he harbors for his ailing mother.
A surprisingly and impressively beautiful film given the dark and complex subject matter.
Why did you choose this title in particular? (…) Continue Reading »
28 January 2023
Claudia Bottino on A Trois / The Three Of Us
by Brasserie du Court team, Elise LoiseauJulien, 30, visits his daughter Cléa, 6, whom he has not seen for a while. While the child looks for his attention, Julien makes every effort to come home to Lucie, Cléa’s mother. This time he will stay. A touching short with impressive character (…) Continue Reading »
Musician Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame, and blood. A three-part queer horror movie that features songs from Sim’s highly-anticipated debut album _Hideous Bastard_.
Director Yann Gonzalez talks to us at the Brasserie du Court about his new short Hideous.
Café court / Short Talk - Yann Gonzalez from ClermontFd Short Film (…) Continue Reading »
23 January 2023
Haunted by unspoken grievances and abuse - The Shining in context
by Robin W. MacThe Shining was shown at The Garden Cinema as part of their Jack Nicholson season. The film was followed by an in-depth discussion with Professor Roger Luckhurst, writer of The Shining: BFI Film Classics and hosted by Mydy’s Abla Kandalaft. The (…) Continue Reading »
SPOTLIGHT ON... Iraq 2009. Ten-year-old Hamoudi has only one leg, but is totally obsessed with football. He and his friends - like the rest of the world - are looking forward to the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester (Messi versus Ronaldo). But then Hamoudi’s television breaks down!
Kurdish-Belgian director Sahim Omar Kalifa’s award-winning short is ruthlessly (…) Continue Reading »
21 January 2023
Fragments Of A Dream - marking the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup
by Mydylarama teamA group of people come together in the Welsh town of Machynlleth to produce El Sueño Existe (The Dream Lives On), a festival of politics and culture.
This is the subject of Pablo Navarrete and Teilo Vellacott’s short doc Fragments Of A Dream, (…) Continue Reading »
Nous avons eu le plaisir de discuter avec Anais Colpin, coordinatrice et chargée des ventes chez Manifest Pictures de son parcours, de son rôle et des stratégies de distribution de courts métrages.
Hello Anais. Peux-tu nous parler un peu plus de ton rôle en tant que distributrice ? A quoi ressemble une journée type ? La distribution de courts métrages arrive pour compléter le travail du (…) Lire la suite »
We recently chatted with Anais Colpin, Coordinator and Sales Manager at Manifest Pictures about her start in the world of distribution, her current role and short film strategy.
Hi Anais. Can you tell us more about your role in distribution? What’s an average day like?
Short film distribution takes up where the filmmaker and the producer’s work ends. At Manifest, there are 4 of us: 2 (…) Continue Reading »
9 December 2022
Nana Mensah on her work, African American directors & the Duplass school of filmmaking
by Abla KandalaftWe were delighted to chat with Nana Mensah, director, writer and actress. Her first feature film Queen Of Glory, in which she also stars, met with much critical acclaim and was praised for its astute, unsentimental and at times downright (…) Continue Reading »
23 November 2022
Storytelling at its finest: Fadia’s Tree directed by Sarah Beddington
by Abla Kandalaft, Anne-Sophie MarieDreaming of a homeland she is denied, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, sets a challenge to find an ancient tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence, guided only by inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon. Sarah (…) Continue Reading »