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6 février 2013
Le cinéma politique avec « The devil »
par ClotildeClotilde Couturier, correspondante au Festival International du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2013, poursuit son parcours entre les genres, les thèmes et les messages du film court. Lire la suite »
30 janvier 2013
Focus sur le cinéma indien avec Ophélie Wiel, auteure de "Bollywood et les autres"
par ClotildeLe film indien est à l’honneur du festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2013, avec un focus spécial, multi-diffusé durant le festival, et la sélection de 2 films en compétition internationale. Lire la suite »
28 janvier 2013
Le documentaire animé avec « Pieds Verts »
par ClotildeEntretien avec Elsa Duhamel pour "Pieds Verts", documentaire animé présenté au Festival de Clermont-Ferrand 2013 Lire la suite »
9 December 2012
Ruby Sparks
by NikkerizedIn Ruby Sparks, Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) is a lonely novelist who hasn’t written a book in ten years, since he was 19. In a Stranger Than Fiction-like fiasco, the words he begins to write start to materialise into real life happenings. In a Weird Science-like fiasco, those words result in Calvin conjuring the woman of his dreams, Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan), as he’s named her. The two go on to embark on a relationship fit for a... well, film. Until things start to go awry and Calvin must (...) Continue Reading »
6 December 2012
Nordic Film Festival: Olafur Eliasson Space is Process
by Tilly LunkenSpace is Process is a documentary that follows Olafur Eliasson in the time leading up to the realisation of his Waterfalls intstallations along the Hudson River and his retrospective exhibition at the MOMA in New York. Continue Reading »
5 December 2012
Tony Hickson’s Review a Lift-Off Film Festival Trilogy
by Tony Hickson
Wednesday evening’s selection of the Festival at the Curzon Soho.
Killing Anna (29m, Australia) Documentary. After his long term girlfriend asked him to move out. The filmmaker finds himself wishing that she had instead died in a tragic accident. In order to investigate his attitudes towards loss and grief he organises and performs a funeral service as if her death was real…and films the entire process. Shooting Freetown (29m, United Kingdom) Documentary. A decade since Sierra Leone’s (...) Continue Reading »
5 December 2012
LiftOff Film Fest
by Abla Kandalaft
"The Lift-Off Film Festival was created by James Alexander and Ben Pohlman back in May 2011 as a way to showcase many of the work being created by exceptional artists who didn’t have the funds to rent high tech equipment or buy themselves onto a greater stage. Since its call for entries back in May 2011 Lift-Off has grown considerably and is now in a position to offer all Official Selevions transatlantic screenings - covering the cities of London, Liverpool, Las Vegas and Long Beach.
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26 November 2012
Romanian Film Festival - Periferic
by Tilly Lunken
Established in 2003, The Romanian Film Festival is in its 9th year and is continuing to bring the best of Romanian films to a wider audience. Periferic (aka. Outbound) is the debut feature film from the New York based Romanian filmmaker Bogdan George Apetri. Matilda is given a twenty-four hour release from prison to attend her estranged mother’s funeral and uses the opportunity to execute an escape plan.
What Apertri essentially does is capture a day in the life of this woman. This is a (...) Continue Reading »
24 November 2012
The Romanian Film Festival in London, THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE 2012
by Tilly LunkenThe Romanian Film Festival in London brings an extraordinary line-up of new and exciting films, between 22- 25 November 2012, at Curzon Renoir Cinema - Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Profusion International who are behind the festival are also the people behind the Profusion Crime Series, a collection of crime writing from Eastern Europe.
The films are screened at the Renoir Cinema, London WC1A 1AW (Tube: Russell Square)
Festival programme here: www.rofilmfest.com/c/1/programme
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14 November 2012
Interview with Masquerade director Chang-Min Choo and actors Byung-Hun Lee and Seung-Ryong Ryu
by Jacques BreenChang-Min Choo and Seung-Ryong Ryu
Byung-Hun Lee
During the 17th century Joseon Dynasty, comic performer Ha-Seon (Korean star Lee Byung-Hun) is recruited as a double for King Gwanghae (Lee) who’s been targeted for assassination.
On 20 October 2012, "Masquerade" passed 10,000,000 million admissions in South Korea, becoming only the 8th film to ever do so. Continue Reading »