CINEMA / FRANCE

Little Jaffna : Un polar qui bouscule

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Dans Little Jaffna, Lawrence Valin signe un premier long-métrage percutant, où le polar flirte avec la chronique sociale et l’intime. Entre affrontements de gangs, tiraillements identitaires et éclats de tendresse, le film explore un Paris rarement montré à l’écran — celui du 18e arrondissement et de la communauté tamoule. Un récit à la fois tendu, généreux et profondément humain.

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ALGÉRIE / CINEMA

FRANTZ FANON AU GRAND ÉCRAN

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Découvrez la vie et l’héritage de Frantz Fanon à travers le visage d’Alexandre Bouyer dans le film de Jean-Claude Barny.

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CINEMA / INDIA

All We Imagine is Light

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This film is a beautiful love letter to Mumbai. A tale, which places three women’s lives at its centre. It seems to say that despite the fabulously wealthy living there, the people who make Mumbai such a unique place in which to live, are the simple people, those who have gone there to pursue their dreams.

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BRITAIN / FILM

Restriction is the Mother of Invention

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This piece tells the important and fascinating story of Sophia Duleep Singh, an Indian princess who was both a prominent suffragette in the UK and god-daughter to Queen Victoria, in an engaging and impressively innovative way.

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CINEMA

Mal de pierres

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« Donnez-moi la chose principale ou laissez-moi mourir », demande Gabrielle à Dieu dans « Mal de pierres », interprété par Marion Cotillard et réalisé par Nicole Garcia. Dans ce film, tout se développe autour d’une passion amoureuse et d’une croyance en ce Dieu sans doute le seul par qui la protagoniste se sent comprise et aidée.

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DRAMA / VIDEO

This Covid Life: Ash

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“It is hard to believe that it was almost a year ago, April 2020, that I answered an advert on the BBC Writers Room page to send in a ‘dark’ ten minute script on life under Covid.”

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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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CINEMA

Stories from The Front Line

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Three films in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 particularly stand out: Facing the Dragon from Afghanistan, Saf from Turkey, and Everything Must Fall (South Africa). They illustrate the importance of recording stories of resistance in an era marked by the rise of authoritarian regimes.

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