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Daily Archives: 11 January, 2018

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  • Under the Tree (Undir trénu, Iceland-Poland-Denmark 2017) August 21, 2018
    At first, I was under the misapprehension that Under the Tree was a follow-up to Rams (2015), the Icelandic film that became a surprise arthouse hit in the UK in 2016. I was wrong. Under the Tree is a different writing and directing team. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson wrote and directed the film with Huldar Breiðfjörð as … Continue reading Under the Tree (Undi […]
  • The Bridges of Sarajevo (France-Bosnia-Herzogovina-Germany-Italy-Switz-Portugal-Bulgaria 2014) July 25, 2018
    This compendium/portmanteau film features the work of 13 European directors who were asked to represent aspects of Sarajevo’s turbulent history. The film was completed for the centenary of the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered the First World War. Since then the city, which had been in Austrian-Hungarian control since 1978 after […]
  • The Nile Hilton Incident (Sweden-Denmark-Germany 2017) May 15, 2018
    The Nile Hilton Incident is an intriguing film, not only in its presentation of an exciting crime thriller in a precise location, but also as a film production which invokes a specific kind of response. In its own way it’s the perfect case study for ideas about global film. This  film is a product of … Continue reading The Nile Hilton Incident (Sweden-Denmar […]
  • Gholam (UK-Iran 2017) April 26, 2018
    This unusual film places a major Iranian star actor, known in the West for three leading roles in the films of Asghar Farhadi, into a downbeat slow-paced thriller set in parts of North London. The director is Mitra Tabrizian, Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster whose 2005 exhibition ‘Border’ appears to have been … Continue reading Ghola […]
  • Las Plantas (Plants, Chile 2015) March 26, 2018
    Chilean cinema has certainly developed in recent years. This month a Chilean film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and here is a first-time writer-director Roberto Doveris creating an unusual coming-of-age story which succeeds on several levels. A weird and wonderful tale, Las Plantas combines genres and ideas that don’t always cohere, but the … Cont […]
  • Godspeed (Yi Lu Shun Feng, Taiwan 2016) February 21, 2018
    This year’s Chinese New Year screening at HOME Manchester presented by the Chinese Film Forum UK and the Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester, was a Taiwanese film. We’ve had a variety of features over the last few years in Manchester and they have usually been films that haven’t been acquired for UK release. … Continue reading Godspeed (Yi Lu […]

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  • Balancing left and right
    The Labour leadership election appears to have got the UK press and broadcasting media in a real tizz. One of the most aggravating aspects of the reporting is the constant appendage of ‘left-wing’ to any reference to Jeremy Corbyn. He is … Continue reading →
  • Defining the other
    The 10th anniversary of the ‘7/7 bombings’ in 2005 in London saw a range of remembrance events across the UK. These resulted in a great deal of media coverage. One BBC radio reporter referred to the four young bombers and … Continue reading →
  • Getting the balance right
    The local elections in England last week produced two examples of quandaries for broadcasters. The big story for the BBC and other commentators was the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), led by a curiously charismatic Nigel Farage. UKIP are … Continue reading →
  • Welsh TV noir: Hinterland (UK 2013)
    Hinterland is a good example of the global/local. Like some other modern states the UK has statutory requirements and cultural policies that protect the other languages in the Home Nations and this means support for both Welsh and Gaelic broadcasters … Continue reading →

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  • Review: Rosie - Toronto 2018 – Contemporary World Cinema
    TORONTO 2018: Irish director Paddy Breathnach takes aim at the homelessness crisis in Ireland in his new drama
  • Review: The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia - Toronto 2018 - Discovery
    TORONTO 2018: Filmmaker and screenwriter Arturo Infante directs a science fiction comedy about the emancipation of women in modern-day Cuba
  • Review: The Factory - Toronto 2018 – Contemporary World Cinema
    TORONTO 2018: Russian helmer Yuri Bykov once again deals with corruption in his homeland in a social drama that blends thriller and action-packed heist elements within a claustrophobic environment
  • Portorož hosts the Slovenia-Serbia co-production meeting - Industry – Slovenia
    The 21st Festival of Slovenian Film included an industry event focused on co-production possibilities between the two countries and a pitching session for selected Slovenian projects
  • Review: Look at Me - Toronto 2018 - Contemporary World Cinema
    TORONTO 2018: Tunisian filmmaker Nejib Belkadhi directs a family drama about the process of rebuilding a relationship between a father and his autistic son
  • Netflix establishes its European production hub in Madrid - Industry – Spain
    The influential company is constructing huge studios and other facilities, the firm’s first in Europe, in the Tres Cantos area
  • Hélier Cisterne to start filming De nos frères blessés - Production - France/Belgium/Algeria
    Vincent Lacoste and Vicky Krieps star in the filmmaker's second feature film. A Les Films du Bélier production, to be sold by Charades
  • Interview: Marija Kavtaradzė • Director - "I send my love to those people who see themselves or their loved ones in our characters" - Toronto 2018 – Discovery
    TORONTO 2018: We chatted to Lithuanian director-scriptwriter Marija Kavtaradzė about her feature debut, Summer Survivors, which tackles mental-health issues from a different perspective

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