Category: CINEMA
The World through Egyptian Eyes
For too long, Western cinephilia has drawn its borders tightly around Hollywood and a handful of European auteurs. But with its richly curated retrospective, the BFI Southbank opens a long-overdue window onto the visionary world of Youssef Chahine — a filmmaker whose work is as politically fearless as it is emotionally resonant, as grounded in Egyptian reality as it is steeped in cinematic fantasy.
A Cinematic Odyssey
The eclectic range of films featured in the Odyssey festival suggest that there is far more to Chinese cinema than lavish martial arts dramas. This festival shows us a country, which is just as quirky, confusing and complex as our own.
Tribeca Film Festival 2023
The Tribeca film festival is a real celebration of global film culture. It reminds us that despite the many things which divide us our collective, love of cinema is a unifying force.
Sundance 2023
Sundance is perhaps one of the world’s most joyful festivals since it’s not really about glamour or stars. But is simply a film festival devoted to the celebration of cinema.
BFI London Film Festival
Perhaps one of the friendliest film festivals in the world would have to be the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival, which returned this autumn with its usual wonderful blend of potential Oscar winners, international gems and indie surprises.
Toronto International Film Festival
There are many film festivals around the world, Cannes, Venice and of course Sundance in the States, to name just a few, and yet there are none as important to a film’s commercial future as the Toronto International Film Festival.
Tribeca 2022
Tribeca, with film star Robert De Niro as its co-founder and its focus on urban, grittier stories, is very much the face of America’s urban East Coast.
Zeynep Merve Uygun, réalisatrice turco-pomaque
Les documentaires d’animation de Zeynep Merve Uygun ont été projetés dans plus de 50 festivals internationaux, dont le festival de Cannes.