The two stories, one individual portrait of a person used to exist in quite rigid and uneventful environment marked by the never-changing routines, and a group portrait of “easy riders”, come to a joint end in the setting resembling a Western movie, dipped in warm colours of the 16mm footage.
‘Pillow Face’ is one of the most striking movies about the merciless phase between childhood and the total explosion of hormones.
There is no victimizing involved in the script the director co-wrote with Sofia Lo. The narrative turns to something else instead – the profitable side of the ‘purification business’.
Daron is the hero and the subject of Kevin Steen’s short documentary ‘Daron, Daron Colbert’ that world- premiered at Locarno.
It’s during a rehearsal for the annual ‘Castells’ ceremony the complete connection between the film and its title is made, simultaniously bursting with symbolism
Last Screening is a bit of an antithesis to ‘Kairat’, coming thirty years later, and set in a very interesting geopolitical context.
Garcia has made a verbal collage of experiences gathered from her friends, aquaintances and family members (…)
Abdi is a character that is easy to sympathize with, but the most interesting layer in this story is a meta- one, about the use of technology and the modelling work to tell a story in a sincere and compelling way
Technically speaking, ‘The Hamlet Syndrome’ is the product of a well-oiled collaboration between the co-directors who firmly hold their positions as passive- (Rosolowski) and active observers (Niewiera).
