bits and pieces from the northern island.
After the screening of the double feature including Down by Law and The Limits of Control – both covered by in our RIFF section, so check them out! – filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, guest of honor of the 2010 edition of the film festival, entertained a discussion with the audience. Jarmusch touched several different subjects, from … Read the full article →
I hate the terrible feeling of déjà vu I get when I watch Italian documentaries. I hate it not because of the feeling itself, but for the memories it brings back. With memories, rage and disdain are also bound to emerge. I know what I am going to see and I don’t want to see … Read the full article →
Nelu Manciu is a simple man living in Salonta, Romania, near the Hungarian border. His greatest passion is fishing, so he often crosses the border in his fishing trips. Nelu, who works as a security guard for a local supermarket, has a grumpy wife named Florica and a leaky roof. They both live in the … Read the full article →
One day during the winter a mysterious stranger shows up in a town plagued by endless war. The man, who goes by the name of Battal, saves a boy on the verge of drowning. The boy’s father and his fellow townspeople are grateful to the stranger at first, but after an initial eagerness they become … Read the full article →
Films about indigent street musicians have their special appeal. Street musicians are, despite their excruciatingly uncool outward aspect, able to emanate the sort of aura you’d expect from old minstrels, with all the good and the bad it involves. Films like the recent Once demonstrate the audience has a soft spot for stories revolving around … Read the full article →
In sauna veritas. Once I read on some bulletin board that Finnish people never in their lives resort to small talk. Not even to fill social gaps or to conceal boredom. They’d rather be silent for a long time than chat idly. Since the person making this statement was a Finnish girl and since I … Read the full article →
Jo pour Jonathan is one of the films in competition in the New Visions category. Jonathan is a teenager living in the suburbs. His role model is his older brother Thomas, formerly a car racer in the illegal circuits popular among youngsters. Thomas gave up his racing, found a job and a girlfriend. He doesn’t … Read the full article →
Do you think life is easy for superheroes? If you do, then you should watch Dai-Nipponjin (approximately translated in English as Big Man Japan). In the mockumentary style, the film by Hitoshi Matsumoto sheds light on the private life of Masaru Daisato, aka Dai-Nipponjin, the last defender of Japan and also the last in his … Read the full article →