Category: 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.
London’s Indian Film Festival
The festival included acclaimed documentaries, shorts, features as well as screenings of some of the country’s recent classics. This year’s festival also included a live interview with the legendary Aparna Sen.
Odyssey: a Chinese Cinema Season
The second edition of the Odyssey film festival in London is a real treat. It is festival devoted exclusively to screening Chinese films. Here is Beverly Andrews’s selection.
FLARE 2022
It is heart-warming to see the BFI Flare film festival return for its first in person festival in two years. A beautiful celebration of the lives of queer people from around the world.
Interview With The Talented Turkish-Pomak Film director Zeynep Merve Uygun
The young, promising Turkish director Zeynep Merve Uygun, using animation, tells us stories from daily life, shining a fresh and unflinching light on sometimes uncomfortable subjects, with humour and complete honesty. In this interview, we discussed her films In-Out, Zigzag, The Secret and Kaykilma. We are looking forward to seeing more of her work.