Category: Film Fests
Montreal’s AmérAsia Film Festival announces exciting 2012 lineup of categories
The AmérAsia Film Festival has announced the five principle subcategories for its third edition of Montreal’s premiere festival celebrating the latest Asian and Asian-Canadian cinema, taking place on the first two weekends of March. There are plenty of titles to … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ is an absorbing, charming character piece from ‘Humpday’ director
Your Sister’s Sister Written and directed by Lynn Shelton USA, 2011 Lynn Shelton’s follow-up to her “mumblecore” hit Humpday retains frequent collaborator Mark Duplass and a focus on the dynamic between a small group of people, the trio of Your … [Read the Rest]
Berlinale 2012: ‘Caesar Must Die’ takes home the Golden Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals and most reputable media events. 2012 marks the first year Sound On Sight was present to attend. Merle has been posting her recaps … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: ‘Keep the Lights On’, a thorough look at the complexities of a long term relationship
Keep The Lights On Directed by Ira Sachs Written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias 2012, USA Director and writer Ira Sachs puts his soul into Keep the Lights On, a deeply personal but fictionalized remembrance of his own relationships, … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: Money squelches dreams and character development in ‘Price Check’
Price Check Written and directed by Michael Walker 2012, USA Parker Posey is undeniably fun to watch as the mean and conniving Susan Felders in Price Check. Her one liners have real sting and lost to her is an awkward … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: ‘Sleepwalk with Me’ a comic parable for procrastinators
Sleepwalk With Me Directed by Mike Birbiglia Screenplay by Joe Birbiglia and Mike Birbiglia USA, 2012 Mike Birbiglia is now a successful comedian heard on NPR’s This American Life and seen on the Comedy Central but not so very long … [Read the Rest]
Berlinale Diary: Part Four
You had better brush up on your knowledge of expressionist cinema, film noir, Greek mythology, psychoanalysis, as well as Guy Maddin’s oeuvre and biography, before heading out to go see his newest fiction feature! Keyhole is a highly complex, multilayered … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: Swedish drama ‘Play’ is frustrating in both good and bad ways
Play Written by Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff Directed by Ruben Östlund Sweden/Denmark/Finland, 2011 Play is a frequently harrowing and thoughtful film about manipulation, bullying, identity, race and customs. Primarily rooted in uncomfortable ambiguity, it is based on a series … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: The restored ‘Loves of Pharaoh’ is a must-see for Ernst Lubitsch fans
The Loves of Pharaoh Written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Germany, 1922 Ernst Lubitsch is best known for his work in Hollywood, operating as a master of comedies until his death in 1947. He left … [Read the Rest]
Short Film of the Day: ’2011 YoungCuts Film Festival’
2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Courtesy of the YoungCuts Film Festival www.YoungCuts.com What’s It Called? 2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Who Made It? Directed and Edited by Phil Lubenskyi Where Is It From? Canada (Quebec) Who Is the Director? There he stood, … [Read the Rest]
SXSW 2012: Todd Rohal’s ‘Nature Calls’ and more added to line-up
In less than a month the SXSW Film Festival will kick off (Friday, March 9, to be exact), and the line-up keeps getting better and better. The festival has announced some exciting additions to their already-stellar line-up including the Sundance … [Read the Rest]
Short Film of the Day: ‘Haleiya’
Haleiya Courtesy of the YoungCuts Film Festival www.YoungCuts.com What’s It Called? Haleiya Who Made It? Written and Directed by A J Korkidakis Where Is It From? Canada (Quebec) How Old Is the Director? 23 (22 at time of production) Who … [Read the Rest]
Berlinale Diary 2012: Part Three
Finally! It took a ski-stealing kid to raise the bar for films selected to be in competition. Ursula Meier’s L’enfant D’en Haut (Sister) tells an intriguing story with well-composed twists, starring brilliant actors Kacey Mottet Klein and Léa Seydoux (who … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Avé’ is a not entirely engaging road movie
Avé Written by Arnold Barkus and Konstantin Bojanov Directed by Konstantin Bojanov Bulgaria, 2011 Bulgarian film Avé is the fiction feature debut of its director Konstantin Bojanov. A road movie, it is concerned with two hitchhiking youths whose paths collide, … [Read the Rest]
Thurrock International Film Festival; 24th June – 30th June 2012
Welcome to the Inaugural Thurrock International Film Festival!! The borough of Thurrock in Essex hosts its very first Film festival on Sunday 24th June – Saturday 30th June 2012. The Thurrock International Film Festival invites filmmakers from around the world … [Read the Rest]
