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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Northern Ireland 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 […]

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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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SİNEMA

Dalida

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50’li yıllarda Fransızca’dan Arapça’ya, Almanca’dan İtalyanca’ya onlarca dilde söylediği şarkılarla hayranlarının kalbine dokunan, İtalyan asıllı Kahire doğumlu sanatçı Dalida’nın hayatı yeniden bir filme konu oldu. Lisa Azuelos’un yönettiği filmin senaryosuna ünlü sanatçının kardeşi Orlando katkıda bulundu.

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CINEMA / USA

MOONLIGHT: CHEF D’ŒUVRE OU RIPOSTE POLITIQUE?

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Moonlight, un film afro-américain avec un casting entièrement noir a remporté l’oscar du meilleur film, un évènement important dans l’histoire des Etats-Unis à l’heure où le pays connaît de grandes tensions socio-raciales exacerbées par une nouvelle administration américaine décidée à rompre avec le wokisme.

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CINEMA

NAPOLÉON RÉHABILITÉ PAR LES ANGLAIS

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Un film de cinq heures et demie restauré par les Britanniques… L’intérêt que portent ces derniers à Napoléon Bonaparte qui, rappelons-le, faillit ruiner l’Angleterre par le blocus économique continental est pour le moins surprenant. L’ennemi, le dictateur, l’envahisseur devient un héros, un politique modéré refusant la terreur et la répression brutale en Vendée, un libéral précurseur de l’unité européenne.

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AFRICA / CINEMA

A Lagos State of Mind…

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A British screenwriter’s vivid, humorous and deeply human account of his first journey to Lagos — from chaotic traffic and vibrant culture to Nollywood creativity, unforgettable food and the electric spirit of Nigeria’s largest city.

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