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Posted on 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 misogynist culture is more apparent.
Play Your Gender, directed by Stephanie Clattenburg, really helps us pull back the curtain to see what is happening in the music industry, and how male-dominated it is when one tends to seek any female music producers out (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 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 former film student, I’ve always preferred punchy shorts to epic features. I also like short distances, making Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival my favourite event of the UK’s cultural calendar, being that it’s held just 1.41km from my house. I’m (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 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 sublime work on his (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 14 septembre 2017
Interviews : Isabelle Putod, réalisatrice du film L’exilé du temps
par ClotildeRencontre avec la réalisatrice Isabelle Putod à propos de son court métrage "L’exilé du temps" Continue Reading »
Posted on 1 August 2017
Short of the Week: Q&A with Nick Jordan, director of Thought Broadcasting
by brasserieducourt.comThought 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 acute anxiety, off-set by revelations of mass surveillance and data gathering by government security (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 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 Kang Woo Il and Yi Soo will do next? Will they get married?
I know that I mumble my words from time to time, (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 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 »
Posted on 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 sisters, one human, one android, as they escape a devastated, post-apocalyptic London. According to the production team, "the film is about the current refugee crisis but in reverse and we have two British citizens leaving the UK in order to survive."
We (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 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 and Finland. It’s in the middle of the wilderness and a popular place for tourists to visit – even though (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 9 mai 2017
Short of the Week : Q&A with Gunhild Enger & Jenni Toivoniemi, directors of Kommittén
par Abla KandalaftComment a débuté votre collaboration ?
Nous étions invités par l’équipe du programme CPH:LAB à collaborer et heureusement nous partageons le même sens de l’humour, nous avons donc tout de suite donc trouvé cette idée intéressante !
Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas bien la géographie de cette région, pouvez-vous nous en dire plus sur la jonction entre ces trois pays et son importance ?
Treriksröset se trouve en Laponie et c’est une pierre qui marque la frontière entre la Norvège, la Suède et la (...) Continue Reading »
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