Oscar winning filmmaker Euzhan Palcy on her film “Sugar Cane Alley”
Set against the vivid backdrop of 1931 French-colonized Martinique, “Sugar Cane Alley” (“Rue Cases-Nègres”) stands as one of cinema’s most tender and politically charged coming-of-age stories. The film follows eleven-year-old José, a bright and curious boy raised by his devoted grandmother, M’man Tine, who dreams of a life for him beyond the sugar cane fields. […]
Spritz & Sofia: My First Venice Film Festival
In 2019, I crashed the Cannes Film Festival. Well — not really. I went legitimately with a pass I applied for (if you work in the film industry, you usually qualify). But I had no purpose being there for work or business. I’m just working on my own film directing path and wanted to see […]
Vietnam’s Dương Diệu Linh Unpacks the Making of Her Venice Critics’ Week-Winning Drama “Don’t Cry, Butterfly”
Tam (Lê Tú Oanh), a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his love. Tam’s daughter, Ha (Nguyễn Nam Linh), pours her frustration into vivid fantasies of a brighter future abroad. Meanwhile, a mysterious house spirit, visible only […]
Venice Lion of the Future Award-winning Director Ana Rocha de Sousa discusses her debut film “Listen”
Venice 2020 Orizzonti “Money doesn’t ever substitute love in this life” By Kaleem Aftab 09/09/2020 – VENICE 2020: We talked to Portuguese actress turned director Ana Rocha de Sousa about her film Listen, centred on a struggling couple fighting to retain custody of their deaf daughter Following a successful career as an actor, Ana Rocha de Sousa is making […]
Australian filmmaker Shannon Murphy’s “Babyteeth” washes over you with exuberant music, love and beauty
At the end of “Babyteeth”, and this does not spoil the film at all, you are on a beach staring at the ocean waves. You’re on the beach rather than watching a beach scene from afar because you’ve gone through this incredible two-hour journey through the eyes of Milla [Eliza Scanlen]. Milla is a teenager […]