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
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
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)
The Short Fusion section of the Cambridge Film Festival is always such an unassuming, brilliant underdog, writes Elle Haywood.
3 DAYS IN QUIBERON reveals actor Romy Schneider’s dire need of being accepted by the industry, her family and, ultimately, herself.
The race for the 91st Academy Awards’ Foreign Film category has long started, and this week the Cambridge Film Festival had the pleasure of screening the Swedish submission, Ali Abbasi’s fantasy film BORDER (GRÄNS). The tale featured in BORDER is a classic one: a protagonist, very much different to its entourage, possesses an unexplained power. … Continue reading Border (Gräns)
As part of ShortFusion at the Cambridge Film Festival, SHORTS… TO ENTERTAIN all certainly fulfil their purpose to entertain, writes Josh Ragan.
After an eight year hiatus, South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returns to cinema with BURNING: a slow yet methodical mystery thriller adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami. Jong-soo (Yoo Ah-in), a country boy from the vastly rural area of Paju, is aspiring to be a writer. He openly admires American authors William Faulkner … Continue reading Burning (Beoning)
Canadian feature-film, ROOBHA highlights the difficulties faced not only of being transgender, but of being transgender within a conservative culture. Living in a Tamil community, ROOBHA (Amrit Sandhu) is a transgendered woman who is shunned and rejected by her family and who has to fight for her way of life. Things begin to improve for … Continue reading Roobha
BIRDS OF PASSAGE discusses the theme of tradition and its importance within a modern world that is constantly evolving and changing. Yemi Chabi reviews at Cambridge Film Festival.
