Category: CINEMA
Sundance 2021
Sundance 2021 proved once again why it remains one of the world’s most vital film festivals. From powerful documentaries and breakout indie features to innovative storytelling and bold new voices, this year’s virtual edition delivered a diverse and compelling slate of films that reflected the evolving face of cinema.
Cinéma: Funny Boy | À la rencontre de Nimmi Harasgama
À travers le film Funny Boy, réalisé par Deepa Mehta, l’actrice Nimmi Harasgama explore les tensions identitaires, politiques et sexuelles qui ont traversé le Sri Lanka durant la guerre civile. Entre parcours personnel et mémoire collective, ce long métrage ouvre un dialogue nécessaire sur l’héritage colonial, les discriminations ethniques et les tabous autour de l’homosexualité.
Funny Boy & Interview with Nimmi Harasgama
Adapted from Shylam Selvadua’s novel, the film is multi-layered, cleverly weaving the personal and political over time to show how inextricably entwined they have become. In Sri Lanka, then and now, it is impossible to separate the wider political, cultural and historical context from individual lives, loves and memories.
A Window to the World
Andrew Thompson executive chair of the Arts and Humanity Research Council states “film has an ability to make distant people, places and ideas immediate, visually accessible.
Africa Finds its Cinematic Voice
Join the journey of African cinema as it emerges and showcases the vibrant voices and cultures of the continent today.
Le destin égocentrique d’Amélie Poulain
Souvent perçue comme une héroïne attachante et bienveillante, Amélie Poulain dissimule pourtant un comportement plus ambigu. En comparant son personnage à celui d’Emma, de Jane Austen, cette analyse révèle une figure manipulatrice dont les actions, bien que romancées, soulèvent une réflexion sur l’égoïsme dissimulé sous les bons sentiments.
Bangla: love outside of your confort zone
While the coronavirus wreaks havoc throughout the world, Italy has been amongst the hardest hit. With the country now though gradually reopening, London’s Made in Italy film festival, held at the French […]
A Valley of Hope
The film opens with a scene showing a local couple, Elisabetta and her husband, teaching French to a young Eritrean family. They hope by doing so they may best be able to help the family better explain their complex asylum case to the local authority.