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JENS LOFTAGER: The Ambiguous Truth of War
"War" is a quiet film on a violent subject. Danish director Jens Loftager chose not to show a single corpse in his film about the nature of war, because he wanted to avoid cheap devices. The complexity of the subject called for a different visual style. War is the second film of a trilogy, the…
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Listener with her camera
The new film by Claire Simon bears the name of Simon’s friend Mimi whose story and personality make the film. While Mimi Chiola tells about her life, the film slowly takes form as a sort of imagery story created in the listener’s head by Mimi’s words and voice.
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CINÉMA DU RÉEL: 25 Years
With usual modesty, the organisers of Cinéma du Réel celebrated its 25th edition this year: filled cinemas at the Centre Pompidou for a high-quality competition programme; a window on the world; an invitation to discover foreign cultures, human life, pain and joy; an extensive French panorama and a retrospective of Algerian documentary cinema. You know…
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A cheerful nostalgia
”How nostalgic!” exclaims a woman over the opening shot of a rising sun and the melancholy sound of an accordion in "Rice Girls". These words sum up her memories of days gone by and describe at the same time the dominant mood of Matteo Bellizzi’s documentary about rice workers in Northern Italy.
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SCRIPTWRITING: Squeezing into the Entertainment Mould
The series "E! True Hollywood Stories", broadcast on the US channel E! Entertainment, is the kind of ’celebrity documentary’ sub-genre that is very successful in the US and, according to E!, “one of television’s most innovative biographical documentary series.” You can call it entertainment, but it’s hardly more than a slide show with a voiceover…
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RADA SESIC: Personal, Political and Poetic
Rada Sesic, a Croatian/Bosnian film critic and filmmaker living in The Netherlands has experienced war and the difficulties of living in exile, adjusting to a new culture and learning to fit in. She believes that such experiences affect a filmmaker and that films made by filmmakers from areas of war and crisis naturally become political.
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Interview: Metin Yegin
In the Ecce Homo program at the One World festival, F, a film by Turkish filmmaker Metin Yegin, made a strong impression.
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ONE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2002: Connecting to the World
Fiona Murch, head of programs at BBC’s "Correspondent" was on the main Jury at the One World Human Rights Film Festival in Prague this April.
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Provocative questions about sexuality, virginity, and Islam
"The Virgin Diaries" is a road movie reminiscent of Thelma and Louise (meant as a compliment!), except this is a true story, of course.