CINEMA / INDIA

The Last Film Show: The successful passion of a child

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How do you recreate the joy of seeing your very first film? Film director Pan Nalin from India, manages to do just this in his masterful feature, The Last Film, premiering at this year’s Tribeca film festival. Nalin’s film is both a stunning love letter to cinema as well as an insightful portrait of a life moulded by a single childhood event, that child’s first visit to a movie theatre.

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CANADA / CINEMA

Sin La Habana: from Cuba to Montreal

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Directed by Kevah Nabatian, Sin La Habana is a film raising many uncomfortable questions about immigration. This Cuban-Canadian feature film was awarded “Le Prix de la Distribution” (casting) at the “Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal” and was presented at the 38th Miami Film Festival.

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CINE

Mal de pierres: de piedras y otros escollos…

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“Dame lo principal o déjame morir”, le dice Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) a dios en este melodrama, la penúltima realización de la francesa Nicole García. Todo se desarrollará entre una pasión amorosa y una creencia en ese dios que tal vez sea el único por quien la protagonista de este film se sienta comprendida y auxiliada.

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CINEMA

A Window to the World

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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.

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AFRICA / CINEMA

Africa Finds its Cinematic Voice

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Africa Finds its Cinematic Voice By Beverly Andrews A contemporary Buddhist leader, Daisaku Ikeda of the lay Buddhist organisation the Soka Gakkai International, once said that the 21st century would be the […]

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CINEMA

Le destin égocentrique d’Amélie Poulain

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Le film vu d’Angleterre Autrice: Elizabeth Ross Amélie est le personnage principal dans le célèbre long métrage « le destin fabuleux d’Amélie Poulain » réalisé en 2001 par Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amélie est […]

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CINEMA

Bangla: love outside of your confort zone

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Cinema Made in Italy By Beverly Andrew 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 […]

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CINEMA

Lost lives in Northern Ireland

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  By Beverly Andrews This year’s BFI London Film Festival kicked off in the country’s capital with its usual delightful mix of mega stars standing alongside indie unknowns. The festival’s eclectic mix […]

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