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9 February 2018
Coups de coeur Brasserie du Court - Clermont-Ferrand 2018
by Abla Kandalaft, Mydylarama teamAll this week, we’re working directly with the Brasserie to select and highlight 9 coups de coeur films from the Labo, International and National Competitions at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. We’ll also be filming (...) Continue Reading »
15 November 2017
Play Your Gender at the Barbican
by Onur UzWhen we talk about women in music, many of us can come up with a substantial list of female musicians we like. Many of us also don’t give much thought to the presence of women in the creative ‘process” behind their music, where a rooted (...) Continue Reading »
28 September 2017
The 5 Most Gruesome Non-Horror Films at This Year’s Encounters
by Elizabeth MizonIsn’t brevity great? And managing to avoid scraping a bit of your septal cartilage off with the edge of your fingernail when you’re picking your nose? Two things I really appreciate. Being gross, quickly.
As a filmmaker, film journalist and (...) Continue Reading »
28 September 2017
Short of the Week: Hot Dog Hands by Mark Reynolds
by Abla Kandalaft, Elizabeth MizonThis truly original yet mildly nauseating multi-award winnerma and Encounters favourite is, in the words of our Bristol-based reviewer Elizabeth Mizon, "a hilarious, touching and disturbing animation about a suburban woman trapped in her home, due to the embarrassment of relentlessly growing loads of fingers."
Hot Dog Hands from Matt Reynolds on Vimeo.
Check out more of Matt Reynold’s (...) Continue Reading »
14 septembre 2017
Interviews : Isabelle Putod, réalisatrice du film L’exilé du temps
par Clotilde CouturierRencontre avec la réalisatrice Isabelle Putod à propos de son court métrage "L’exilé du temps" Lire la suite »
1 August 2017
Short of the Week: Q&A with Nick Jordan, director of Thought Broadcasting
by Brasserie du Court teamThought Broadcasting is a film about psychosis and surveillance. A composite of fact and fiction, the film draws upon real-life accounts of a schizophrenic disorder: the belief that ones thoughts are being transmitted and heard by others. Set against the proliferation of mobile phone masts in the urban and rural landscape, the film reveals a fragmented inner world of paranoid delusions and (...) Continue Reading »
3 July 2017
K Drama Special #4: Introverted Boss - Eps 11 & 12
by Nandini UppluriAnother good episode of Introverted Boss a.k.a. Sensitive Boss or Shy Boss. What do you think will end up happening to Yi Soo and Kang Woo Il at the end of this series? Also, now that this series has ended (don’t worry, I’m still watching and reviewing it!!) what series do you recommend? :)
THIS EPISODE WAS SO DAMN FUNNY! I’m GETTING THERE! ONLY 4 MORE EPISODES LEFT! What do you think (...) Continue Reading »
21 June 2017
Short of the Week: Wañuy - Clermont-Ferrand 2017
by Abla KandalaftAlejandro Roca Rey’s hauntingly moving film was one of our coups de coeur at this year’s Clermont film festival. Alejandro recently announced Wañuy’s selection at the Palm Springs Festival.
Le court du jour : “Wañuy” de Alejandro Roca Rey from ClermontFd Short Film Festival on Vimeo.
More on Wañuy on the film’s official Facebook page. Continue Reading »
7 June 2017
How To Be Human - SCI-FI LONDON
by Mydylarama teamIf you were forced to flee your own war-ridden country, would you sacrifice what makes you human to survive?
How To Be Human is a crowd-funded ambitious and visually impressive short recently screened at SCI-FI LONDON that follows two (...) Continue Reading »
3 June 2017
Short of the Week: Q&A with Gunhild Enger & Jenni Toivoniemi, directors of Kommittén
by Abla KandalaftHow did your collaboration on this film start?
We were invited on to the CPH:LAB programme to collaborate and luckily shared the same sense of humour and found the possibility inspiring.
For the uninitiated, could you explain a little bit more about this junction between the three countries and its significance?
Treriksröset is in Lapland and it’s a ’borderstone’ between Norway, Sweden (...) Continue Reading »