Article by Brigitta Mariuzzo
Translation by Martina Perrero
Tendaberry explores the signs that time, as it passes, leaves on our lives and the environment that sourrounds us. These marks may be tangible and visible to anyone, or they may manifest themselves in a less obvious way and remain in the background of our daily lives.
Continua la lettura di “TENDABERRY” BY HALEY ELIZABETH ANDERSONArticle by Davide Lassandro
Translation by Lihn Carrara
Films that are devoted to the terrible consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD) nowadays constitute a new cinematic genre, this genre is used by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes in his first feature-length film, My Dead Friend Zoe. The Film is a black comedy which deliberately tries to mitigate a subject that is so sensitive, especially for Americans, and too often overlooked. The director himself, who enlisted shortly before November the 9th and retired in 2008, is a former Army paratrooper. Moreover, in addition to making social-impact short films and commercials for various companies, he has been trying his hand at studying cinema for these past fourteen years thanks to the support provided by the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act.
Continua la lettura di “MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE” BY KYLE HAUSMANN-STOKESArticle by Greta Maria Sorani
Translation by Alice Segato
“Everyone may express themselves freely about the government of the State and on any other subject,” this is what the Article 100 of the Constitution of the Norwegian Kingdom claims, and it seems that the members of the so-called group SIAN (Stop Islamization of Norway) have decided to apply it literally by publicly attacking the Islamic religion.
Continua la lettura di “NORWEGIAN DEMOCRAZY”, BY FABIEN GREENBERG E BÅRD KJØGE RØNNINGArticle by Ludovico Franco
Translation by Martina Marino
Čechov coined a now well-known dramaturgical principle: if there’s a shotgun on stage, it must go off. Nina (Patricia L. Arnaiz), whose name directly references The Seagull, always carries that shotgun with her. After thirty years in Madrid, she returns to her hometown, ready to strike. Like a hunter, she waits for the perfect moment to exact revenge on the man who abused her when she was just a young girl, a niña.
Continua la lettura di “NINA” BY ANDREA JAURRIETAArticle by Beatrice Bertino
Translation by Irene Pezzini
A love story and the desire to create a family are the starting point of Abdelhamid Bouchnack’s film. Mariem, an orphan, who does not wear the veil, and Dalì, a Muslim who prays from time to time, are two young Tunisians who represent the avant-garde to which their country aspires. The birth of their child, however, reveals the deep uncertainties that govern a stagnant culture.
Continua la lettura di “L’AIGUILLE” BY ABDELHAMID BOUCHNACKArticle by Tommaso Del Latte
Translation by Laura Cattani
The Belgian director Wannes Destoop at his debut feature, enacts in Holy Rosita, a simple, community-focused, hopeful story.
Rosita (Daphne Agten) lives in a working-class block of houses, she works a variety of jobs, and she spends most of her free time with the neighborhood children, who are the only ones capable of giving her a few carefree moments. Rosita has only one dream, to become a mother. However, just when she manages to get pregnant, she begins to be tormented by doubts, caused by the uncertainty of living up to the role, economic problems and the judgments of the community in which she lives.
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