Interview with Samir Karahoda: “I use photography as a tool to complete the script and express my inner self”
The Kosovar filmmaker Samir Karahoda doesn’t like to call himself a director. He is, and stays a photographer, he says.
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Cannes review: Inherent (2021)
The whos, the whys, and for that matter – hows, don’t seem to be playing any particular role in Nicolai G.H Johansen’s vampire coming-of-age drama ‘Inherent’ that competes in the short film section of Semaine de la Critique
Doc Alliance announces 2021 selection, introduces Short Film Award
Doc Alliance, a network of 7 seven prominent European documentary film festivals – CPH:DOX (Denmark), Doclisboa (Portugal), DOK Leipzig (Germany), FIDMarseille (France), Ji.hlava IDFF (Czech Republic), Millennium Docs Against Gravity (Poland) and Visions du Réel (Switzerland), has announced its selection for 2021. Each festival has nominated one feature length film, and for the first time […]
EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Samir Karahoda’s short doku-fiction ‘Pa Vend’ (2021)
We present an exclusive first look at the trailer of Samir Karahoda’s short ‘Pa Vend’ (Displaced) that runs for Palme D’Or in the Short Film Competition of Cannes Film Festival In front of its world premiere on July 16th in Cannes, we bring you the exclusive trailer of the Kosovar film director Samir Karahoda’s sophomore […]
Antonio Méndez Esparza: “We had to adapt to the rhythm of the court”
Antonio Méndez Esparza was literally in the middle of location scouting for his next film when we finally had the oportunity to do this interview. The initially audio only conversation was briefly switched to the video modus, just to give us a glimpse of the Madrid neighborhood the director was currently in. Despite of a […]
Review: Her Mothers (2020)
Asia Dér & Sári Haragonics’ documentary ‘Her Mothers’ is an intimate, raw portrait of a lesbian couple who goes great lengths to fullfil their dream of having a family.
Hot Docs review: The Doll
Esmaili doesn’t intervene, she lets the story flow its seemingly free flow through the voices and gestures of the protagonists…
Review: You And I (2020)
The feature debut You And I by the Indonesian filmmaker Fanny Chotimah is documentary about the two survivors of the Indonesian Mass Killings (1965-66)
Review: Best Year Ever (2020)
In his short offbeat documentary ‘Best Year Ever’, James N. Kienitz Wilkins takes a cynical look at the past year by adapting Richard Scarry’s epic children book classic, which sees different animal families enjoying all kind of activities during the four seasons.
