Festival

Also released under ’Alda and Maria’, the inspiration for the feature film was director Pocas Pascoal’s own life (see interview here) and the need for Angolan migrants to tell their stories. Of course, this is the reflection of a woman looking (...)

I almost didn’t watch Ayanda as the synopsis described the title character as an Afro-hipster. Did that really need a racial qualifier in South Africa? Why is the racial default for hipsters white? Things will never change if we keep (...)

No. 27 Dir Lola Peploe France 2015 21 mins Fr Lilly Page est une jeune Anglaise partie vivre son rêve d’aspirante romancière dans la Ville Lumière. Dans ce Paris fantasmé, tout peut arriver. C’est donc sans trop de surprise que dans une (...)

It’s a busy time in festival world and the Mydy team has been spreading itself thin trying to cover screenings and events. High-up on our list of not-to-be-missed fests is the unfailingly excellent Bristol-based Encounters Short Film Festival. (...)

As a black American living in London nothing grates on me like being asked where my parents, grandparents or great-grandparents are from. This is the inevitable follow-up question which accompanies the initial enquiry into where I’m from, to (...)

Critics’ Week’s best film (in this writer’s opinion) has finally landed in the UK. I was surprised -and delighted- to find out a horror film was among the competition’s selection, despite its championing of genre cinema. And I have to admit, (...)

Rob Zywietz talks to me about his short film,"Port Nasty", presented at the Clermont-Ferrand film festival. Thanks to the http://www.labrasserieducourt.com/ team for the footage! Le court du jour 2015 #3 : "Port Nasty" de Rob... by

C’est déjà la fin du millésime clermontois 2015. C’est toujours un plaisir de découvrir toutes ces saveurs, testées et approuvées à la Brasserie du Court, puisque Mydylarama s’y exprime comme partenaire du Festival de Clermont-Ferrand, pour la (...)

Cambodia 2099 is a French production, or rather co-production. In your opinion, what does the French film industry offer that others don’t, as far as short films are concerned? My group, Vycky Films, which I put together with my friends Jacky (...)

Where did the inspiration for Maniac come from? I had stayed at that very hotel 6 months prior to filming the short. I was there for a commercial shoot and I was alone for one week while I waited for production to arrive. At first, I thought (...)