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  • Isabella Margara on her short Nothing Holier than a Dolphin

    Two fishermen find a Dolphin accidentally caught in their nets. The Dolphin, on its turn, finds a fisherman drowning in the water and tries to save him. More myths and legends as inspiration at this year’s Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival! This time, they come to us from Greece and through the... continue
  • Haunted by unspoken grievances and abuse - The Shining in...

    The Shining was shown at The Garden Cinema as part of their Jack Nicholson season. The film was followed by an in-depth discussion with Professor Roger Luckhurst, writer of The Shining: BFI Film Classics and hosted by Mydy’s Abla Kandalaft. The discussion was recorded as part of the Garden... continue
  • Storytelling at its finest: Fadia’s Tree directed by Sarah...

    Dreaming of a homeland she is denied, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, sets a challenge to find an ancient tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence, guided only by inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon. Sarah Beddington’s first feature film is the result of over a... continue
  • Epic in scope, carnivalesque in tone and almost unprecedented in...

    Set in an exquisite hand-crafted world made up of mattes, miniatures, intricate compositions and theatrical props, A New Old Play may at first strike one as sui generis. The history of cinema is rich in hand crafted worlds and ingenious practical effects (e.g. the works of Méliès, Tourneur and... continue
  • Revisiting 2017! The Art Of Loving / Get Out

    Coco Green and Ola Magdziarek review a couple of cinematic highlights from 2017: Maria Sadowska’s The Art Of Loving, which tells the story of Polish sexologist Michalina Wislocka who fought for her book to be published in the late 1970s, and Jordan Peele’s Get Out, in which Daniel Kaluuya’s... continue

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15 October 2022

Comedy, Horror and EFN’s Audience Favourite Award win with Bleep’s Ben S. Hyland

by Abla Kandalaft
A couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink as they investigate a strange noise that’s woken them in the night. Ben S. Hyland’s short is a pitch-perfect mix of horror and laughs, staring comedy duo (and real-life couple) Rebecca Shorrocks and (...) Continue Reading »
3 October 2022

Bella Ciao: Song Of Rebellion - An exhaustive and rousing doc about the revolutionary anthem

by judy
A 90-minute documentary film about the roots and rise of the most popular revolutionary song in the world. With more than 20 interviews on three continents, this historic documentary traces the cultural history of the song and investigates its (...) Continue Reading »
26 September 2022

Nina Turner, Operation Varsity Blues & Black Student Debt

by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
"What unites these documentaries is that they both believe in a meritocracy" Summer break is officially over... In this episode, we discuss the problem of student debt in the US, the very specific ways it affects Black Americans and the elitism (...) Continue Reading »
13 September 2022

The Place That Is Ours - Zena Agha & Dorothy Allen-Pickard

by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court team
We interviewed the duo for the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, as part of the Brasserie Du Court. A daughter returns to her father’s village in Palestine, which was destroyed in 1948. She journeys through unfamiliar landscapes and (...) Continue Reading »
6 July 2022

Interview with Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini, co-directors of Mi Última Aventura (My Last Adventure)

by Clotilde Couturier, Elise Loiseau
A poor young man decides to cease to be so, and along with his friend, he tries to flee with a bag full of money from his boss. The last night in his hometown is the two friend’s review, in the form of a farewell, of the places, the emotion and (...) Continue Reading »
24 June 2022

Revisiting 2017! The Art Of Loving / Get Out

by Coco Green, Ola Magdziarek
Coco Green and Ola Magdziarek review a couple of cinematic highlights from 2017: Maria Sadowska’s The Art Of Loving, which tells the story of Polish sexologist Michalina Wislocka who fought for her book to be published in the late 1970s, and (...) Continue Reading »
21 June 2022

Interview with Annette Westwood, director of This Little Girl

by Alma, carrie
A mother with a substance misuse issue, has to prove herself on her path to recovery, to prevent her child from being taken away from her and placed into care. We chat here with director Annette Westwood. Where did the idea come from? Can you (...) Continue Reading »
14 May 2022

Q&A with Philip Ilson, director of the London Short Film Festival

by Abla Kandalaft
More Q&As! As Coco Green gets stuck in the final chapters of her PhD, we take a break from our usual format to publish Q&As and whatever audio output we fancy. To mark our partnership with the Clermont-Ferrand International Film (...) Continue Reading »
11 May 2022

Interview wih Katherine Propper, director of Birds

by Brasserie du Court team, Elise Loiseau
Moments in the lives of Austin teenagers in the heat of Texas summer. How was Birds born? I wanted to make this film, in part, to explore my creative process. My last short film involved a local community of young people whom I spent time with (...) Continue Reading »
29 April 2022

Interview with Sander Joon, director of Sierra

by Elise Loiseau
Parents often push their children to follow their steps. In this case, the father’s obsession with the rally turns the kid into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra takes us into the surreal car racing world. What (...) Continue Reading »
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Q&A with Dan Thorburn, director of Salt Water Town

Salt Water Town was part of the British and Yorkshire shorts selection at the Leeds International Film Festival. It stood out for its impressive cinematography, troubling plot and standout (...)
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Three New Documentaries To Watch Now

Documentary Weekly As unfortunate and disruptive as the Covid-19 outbreak has been for the film industry, the resulting boom of online releases will be welcomed by cinephiles around the world. (...)
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  • 28 January

    ClermontFF2023 is now on!

    Prolific director Sally Potter, who has been championing collaborative work and putting women at the heart of her art since the 1970s, was invited to discuss her filmography and latest short, Look At Me. You can watch the masterclass on the Festival’s Facebook page. We’ll be adding Elise, (...)
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