We Haven’t Lost our Way
Poland, Berlinale Forum 2022
Feature Film by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
Synopsis
This loose adaptation of the P.C. Jersild novel follows a professor who quits his job and a translator in difficulties. He sends her recordings of the mysterious journey he has embarked on, but is the journey even real? Or just proof of his madness? Continuer la lecture
Footnote
USA, Rotterdam Harbour 2022
Documentary by Zhengfan Yang
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American Journal
France, Berlinale Encounters 2022
Documentary by Arnaud des Pallières
Synopsis
Think of America, I told myself. The cities, the homes, the people, the arrivals, the departures, the children coming and leaving, death, life, movement, speech. Think of the deep sigh inside of all things alive in America. Bend down. Pick up what others let go to waste from life. So the wind won’t blow it all away. Continuer la lecture
The Plains
Australia, Rotterdam Tiger competition 2022, Bildrausch Film Basel Best Film
First docu-fiction by David Easteal
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Veins of the Amazon
Peru, DOK Leipzig competition 2021
Documentary by Álvaro Sarmiento, Diego Sarmiento, Terje Toomistu
Synopsis
In the Peruvian Amazon, the main means of transport for goods and people since the times of the rubber boom and the infamous adventures of Fitzcarraldo are the ferries navigating the majestic Amazon River. Continuer la lecture
May God be with You
France, DOK Leipzig competition 2021- prize of the Interreligious jury, IDFA Best of Fests
First documentary by Cleo Cohen
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Sons of Caïn
Albania, Venice Days 2021 – Special Screening
First docu-fiction by Keti Stamo
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Zahorí
Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, France- Locarno Filmmakers of the Present 2021
First feature film by Marí Alessandrini
Synopsis
The Patagonian steppe is battered by a grey wind… Mora is 13 years old and intends to become a « gaucho ». She questions the school and asserts her individuality towards her parents, two environmentalists from Italian-speaking Switzerland whose dream of autonomy turns into a nightmare. Mora goes deep into the steppe to help the only friend she has, Nazareno, an old Mapuche who has lost his horse, Zahorí. Continuer la lecture
Vedette
France- Cannes ACID selection 2021, IDFA international competition 2021
Documentary by Claudine Bories & Patrice Chagnard
Synopsis
Vedette is a cow. Vedette is a queen. In fact, she once was the queen of the queens of the Alpine pastures. But Vedette is old now, and in order to avoid her the humiliation of being dethroned by younger rivals, our neighbours asked us to take her with us for a whole summer. It was at this time that we discovered that every cow is unique. Continuer la lecture