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13 May 2013
Shorts Programme - London Palestine Film Fest 2013
by Alexandra Olley
The Palestinian Film Festival landed in London last weekend. Never having attended before, I began with Shorts Programme 1, hoping to view a varied range in one sitting. I wasn’t disappointed. This compilation of shorts delivered a high standard of thought provoking, passionate, moving and comic cinema.
Beginning with A Sketch of Manners, a film about Alfred Roch, member of the Palestinian National League, who threw the last ever masked ball in Palestine, 1942. It’s a poignant piece with (...) Continue Reading »
11 April 2013
British presence at Clermont
by Clotilde
To do credit to British presence at 2013 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, I am delighted with interviewing Ashley Briggs, “The search for inspiration gone” ’s director. Continue Reading »
La liste de mes préférences courts-métrées au sein du Festival de Clermont-Ferrand 2013. Lire la suite »
The Pan-Asian Film festival kicked off last night with a unique, UK premiere of Ya-Che Yang’s GF* BF (reviewed here) followed by a Live Q & A with the director.
Click here to find out what’s showing at the festival.
Transcript of the live Q&A with Director Ya-Che Yang:
Q: How did you get such intimate performances from the three actors?
I’ve known them since I was 17 years old. Especially two of them. But I didn’t really know them that well, so I got to know them better via (...) Continue Reading »
Review of Taiwanese film GF* BF. Continue Reading »
La Cérémonie de clôture du Festival International du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2013 comme si vous y étiez. Lire la suite »
25 February 2013
London Premiere of Hi-So by Aditya Assarat
by Abla Kandalaft
Hi-So by Aditya Assarat opens in London with UK premiere at Curzon Renoir, released by Day for Night.
The second film from award-winning Bangkok based Thai-American director Aditya Assarat (Wonderful Town) HI-SO had its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival and European premiere at Berlinale (Forum). HI-SO premieres in the UK on 1 March 2013 at Curzon Renoir.
Set against the backdrop of a post-tsunami Thailand, HI-SO features Thai film star Ananda Everingham in a bittersweet (...) Continue Reading »
Benjamin Parent, réalisateur de Ce n’est pas un film de cow-boys, était à Clermont ! Interview-éclair au festival du court métrage de Clermont - Ferrand 2013. Lire la suite »
Il y a précisément 60 ans, Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, Paul Grimault et Jacques Demy, s’engagaient dans la sauvegarde du court-métrage et permettaient de produire au moins les premiers films de Truffaut, Godard, Cocteau, Bunuel, René Clair, Rohmer... En 1978, l’association "Sauve qui peut le court-métrage", avec son Festival International à Clermont-Ferrand, prenait la relève. Lire la suite »
Clotilde Couturier, correspondante au Festival International du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2013, rencontre Eric Geynes, comédien/scénariste professionnel présent sur le Marché du Film.
Clotilde Couturier, our correspondent at the 2013 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, meets Eric Geynes, actor/scriptwriter who attended the film market.
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