From its very beginning cinema has been exalted for its ability to reveal the secret life of objects, enabling us to access a hidden reality inaccessible to our senses. As the early film theorist Jean Epstein put it- “We say ‘red’, ‘soprano’, ‘sweet’, ‘cypress’ when there are only velocities, movements, vibrations”. Joanne Woolgar’s companion films Mallets and Gong Close Up put these (…) Continue Reading »

« Les héritiers » : la revanche du noir de cité. « Les héritiers » est un film de Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar sur une idée originale d’Ahmed Dramé, qui offre une vision différente du jeune de banlieue en échec scolaire et prône la technique éducative de l’autonomie collaborative. Lire la suite »

Shot in London in 16 mm and on a micro-budget, BEAT has cemented director Aneil Karia’s reputation as one of the most promising British filmmakers on the “short” circuit. The film, declared “one to watch” by Screen Daily, was picked up by most major film festivals in Britain and around the world. Essentially, BEAT is about the all-pervasive and inherent loneliness and chaos of life in big (…) Continue Reading »

Cette semaine, la choregraphie aussi effrayante qu’hypnotisante d’un homme en transe dans les rues du nord de Londres. Une danse qui évoque aussi bien le désespoir, l’euphorie, que la folie. Auto-produit et tourné en 16 mm, BEAT est poétique et (…) Lire la suite »

Set in the Agusan marshlands of the Phillipines Crocodile is an attentive depiction of the daily life of a family who suffer the death of their young daughter Rowena (Jolina Espana) after she is attacked by a crocodile. The film is based on the (…) Continue Reading »

Travellers into the night, Ena Sendijarevic’s have seduced the festivals around the world. Continue Reading »

Travellers into the night, premier film d’Ena Sendijarevic, séduit les festivals autour du monde et nous entête grâce à son thème musical et la subtilité de sa mise en scène. Lire la suite »

Cannes favourite Timbuktu is Abderrahmane Sissako’s depiction of the Malian city’s brief occupation by Ansar Dine militias in 2012. Kidane, a Tuareg , has settled with his wife, daughter and a young shepherd he looks after, in the dunes just outside Timbuktu, hoping to steer clear of the invading jihadists. They live in relative peace, herding cows, until Kidane confronts a fisherman (…) Continue Reading »

“Gentleman, we’re ready to skate.”: le court de la semaine est un documentaire aux vertus quasi thérapeutiques. Philosophie de vie, celle de Slomo, ex-chirurgien qui a tout plaqué pour devenir skateur à plein temps à San Diego. Un film qui (…) Continue Reading »

Creased whispers that fold out of mouths shrouded in darkness. One of the most aurally tactile films I have seen in a long time; a lady, Vitalina, only speaks in whispers, of past tragedies and celebrations. Monolithic black consumes an entire two thirds of the frame, as Ventura, a man imprisoned or hospitalised or sectioned, wanders empty. The Cape Verdian immigrants in this film-poem (…) Continue Reading »