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The Global Film Book Blog

Purple Butterfly (Zi hudie, China-France 2003) September 25, 2018
MUBI has recently included several films by the Chinese auteur Lou Ye as part of its rolling monthly programme. They titled their mini-season of Lou’s films ‘Freedom and Defiance: The Cinema of Lou Ye’. Lou Ye (born 1965) made his first features in China in 1994 and 1995, but it was not until 2000 that … Continue reading Purple Butterfly (Zi hudie, China-Fr […]
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 […]

Media Student’s Book Blog

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 →

Cineuropa

Interview: Telmo Esnal • Director - “We wanted to turn tradition on its head” - San Sebastián 2018 – Special Presentations
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Basque director Telmo Esnal presents Dantza, the winning film at last year’s inaugural edition of the Glocal in Progress industry platform here in San Sebastián
Interview: Laurits Flensted-Jensen • Director - “My childhood was a lot about challenging norms” - San Sebastián 2018 – New Directors
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: We sat down with Danish filmmaker Laurits Flensted-Jensen, whose feature debut, Neon Heart, is screening in New Directors
Review: In Fabric - San Sebastián 2018 – Competition
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Peter Strickland shows a great sense of humour in this tale of consumerism, fetishism – and a killer dress!
Uli Edel starts shooting in Croatia under the country’s increased cash rebate - Production – Croatia/Germany
The TV film The Master Butcher's Singing Club will benefit from a 30% rebate for shooting in regions of special national interest
Italy selects Dogman for the 2019 Oscar race - Oscars 2019 - Italy
Matteo Garrone's film, winner of the Best Actor Award at Cannes for Marcello Fonte's performance, is due to represent Italy in the Oscars' Best Foreign-language Film nomination race
Filming commences on Guido Lombardi’s Il ladro di giorni, starring Riccardo Scamarcio - Production - Italy
The new film by the Neapolitan director is a road movie, shot between Trentino, Campania and Puglia and featuring a father and son. An Indigo and Bronx Film production
58 projects from 21 countries are due to be showcased at the MIA in Rome - Industry - Italy
Also scheduled for the fourth edition of the International Audiovisual Market (17 to 21 October) are 125 market screenings and a new showcase dedicated to young European talent
Interview: Hannes Baumgartner • Director - "We were focused on how to understand the development of Jonas’s spiral of violence" - San Sebastián 2018 – New Directors
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: We spoke to Swiss director Hannes Baumgartner, who explained to us how he built the intriguing main character in his first feature, Midnight Runner

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