During the Pro Days of the 50th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam, we were so lucky to see very beautiful, eye opening films and Gritt, the first feature by Itonje Søimer Guttormsen was definitely one of them, gracing us with a new way of looking at this old world. As Dial M for Movie, … Okumaya devam et Our Interview with Itonje Søimer Guttormsen, Director of GRITT
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BIPOLAR: The Universe Shrouded in Mystery (IFFR – World Premiere)
Can an object not accepted in the world because of its own nature can breathe in that world? In Queena Li's first feature film "Bipolar" (2021) that we had the chance to watch in the 50th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), the universe presented to the audience unveils an ambiguous world starting right … Okumaya devam et BIPOLAR: The Universe Shrouded in Mystery (IFFR – World Premiere)
GRITT: Lilith, Matriarchy and Freedom
As the 50th Edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam continues, we keep making new acquaintances with great minds and Itonje Søimer Guttormsen is one of them, gracing us with her first feature film Gritt (2020) about a subject that is not at all new to her. Gritt presents in a way, a glimpse of all … Okumaya devam et GRITT: Lilith, Matriarchy and Freedom
ARISTOCRATS: No (wo)man’s Land
When and where exactly does a dream meet the truth? There are two main views in cosmological theory that we can call celestial and terrestrial. We can call these two points in our world as urban and rural places in an abstract sense. Accordingly, the displacement of those living in urban spaces and those living … Okumaya devam et ARISTOCRATS: No (wo)man’s Land
THE EDGE OF DAYBREAK: Land of Doom Without Sun (IFFR – World Premiere)
Every truth is a means to try and affirm a holistic view, only to build and destroy it over and over again. With this sense, Taiki Sakpisit is an expert in memory capture. The director, who featured in IFFR’s Tiger Short Competition in 2019 with The Mental Traveler, this time dives deeper into subjects such … Okumaya devam et THE EDGE OF DAYBREAK: Land of Doom Without Sun (IFFR – World Premiere)
RIDERS OF JUSTICE: Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering
Can those which are never remembered burn down a life altogether? Some facts can be completely lost when we choose to look away. But even if you close your eyes and turn your face away in Riders of Justice (Retfærdighedens Ryttere, 2020) you can never escape from the facts, from those “pretty” consequences. Although it … Okumaya devam et RIDERS OF JUSTICE: Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering
We Need to Talk About CARL THEODOR DREYER (Books on Dreyer by Dale & Jean Drum and Jan Wahl)
The history of cinema has certainly great directors, great minds and geniuses in almost every decade. But some of them, even among this “happy few”, create their own halo of greatness and come even forward as a force of nature. Master of The House, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Ordet or Day of … Okumaya devam et We Need to Talk About CARL THEODOR DREYER (Books on Dreyer by Dale & Jean Drum and Jan Wahl)
Our interview with Mr. KANG-SHENG LEE about Days / Rizi (2020)
In the 70th Berlin International Film Festival which was one of the last international events that took place right before the pandemic, we had the opportunity to meet in person the director Ming-Liang Tsai and the leading actor Kang-Sheng Lee from the film Days (Rizi). After we took their word for an interview, the world … Okumaya devam et Our interview with Mr. KANG-SHENG LEE about Days / Rizi (2020)
ENTWINED: A Fire Myth in Plato’s Cave
The 2019 film Entwined by Greek director and screenwriter Minos Nikolakakis is a disturbing mythical Greek story in the context of Eros and Thanatos. "Under every folkloric myth, you can make out a human story, some kind of human behaviour." Nikolakakis' sentence gives an idea about the general structure of the film, but in the … Okumaya devam et ENTWINED: A Fire Myth in Plato’s Cave
BLACK GIRL: From Dakar to Antibes, A Story of Oppression
La Noire de… (1966), with its English name Black Girl, has the quality of being one of the first films from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is directed by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène, who always aimed to educate his people. With this quality, Black Girl bears a great importance in terms of reflecting Francophone Africa, its colonized … Okumaya devam et BLACK GIRL: From Dakar to Antibes, A Story of Oppression