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Miss Dalí
Towards the end of her life, Anna Maria Dalí ruminates on her relationship with her brother, the painter Salvador, from their beginnings in the northern Catalan city of Figueres, through his often scandalous career, to his sad decline and death in 1989. This is a curious enterprise, which retains most of the faults of a … Continue reading Miss Dalí
Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Leick is many things: a writer, an anthropologist and a mother. A woman in her mid-sixties who moved to the UK forty years ago, lured here by the British Museum and cosmopolitan way of life. A cancer patient who, at the age of 52, took up weightlifting, and has since become a European and … Continue reading Gwendolyn
I Love My Mum
There’s no denying this raucous road movie has its moments, with effective comic interplay between the slatternly Olga (Kierston Wareing) and her equally feckless and foul-mouthed son Ron (Tommy French, both of them EastEnders alumni). During one of the film’s many slap-fights while Olga and Ron are on a late-night hunt for cheese, the car … Continue reading I Love My Mum
Q&A with Gwendolyn Leick
Q&A of Gwendolyn with the protagonist, Gwendolyn Leick, hosted by Loretta Gandolfi as part of the Austrian Focus Selection. Heading glacially down the stairs, you can’t help but not warm to Gwendolyn immediately, radiating the same dignified composure and graciousness as you see in the film. Loretta Gandolfi introduces the Q&A, discussing the importance of the Austrian focus and … Continue reading Q&A with Gwendolyn Leick
Interview With Grace Winter
Grace Winter’s directorial debut, THE MARQUIS DE WAVRIN: FROM THE MANOR TO JUNGLE, follows the story of Marquis Robert de Wavrin, the aristocratic explorer who spent his life documenting indigenous South American tribes, many of which are now tragically extinct. Student writer Joseph McLauchlan spoke with Grace to find out more. Joseph McLauchlan: This is … Continue reading Interview With Grace Winter
The Marquis De Wavrin: From The Manor To The Jungle
Directors Grace Winter and Luc Plantier’s first feature length documentary, THE MARQUIS DE WAVRIN: FROM THE MANOR TO THE JUNGLE, is an atmospheric leap into the life of Marquis Robert de Wavrin, the first white man to encounter the infamous “head-shrinking” Shuar Indians. Despite occasional pacing issues and a tendency to veer on the side … Continue reading The Marquis De Wavrin: From The Manor To The Jungle
CFF: Shorts to…Contemplate
SHORTFUSION presents SHORTS TO CONTEMPLATE, a collection of short films that will leave you thinking long after you have left the cinema. Director, Oliver Riley-Smith’s THE RIOT ACT focuses on the emergence of a race war, questioning the possible reaction of the media. The short follows the story of a YouTuber and amateur journalist as … Continue reading CFF: Shorts to…Contemplate
Manbiki Kazoku (Shoplifters)
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s newest film, MANBIKI KAZOKU (SHOPLIFTERS), is his and most real film to date. Taking the Palme d’Or at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival, it is a touching story about poverty, family, and new beginnings. Though each character demonstrates a clear disregard for the law and lives by their own rules, they show … Continue reading Manbiki Kazoku (Shoplifters)
3 Days in Quiberon
3 DAYS IN QUIBERON reveals actor Romy Schneider’s dire need of being accepted by the industry, her family and, ultimately, herself.