The Venice Days section of the Venice International Film Festival is an independent sidebar designed to be an alternative to the Festival’s official areas and promote high quality cinema without any kind of restriction. This year, the section features films representing 20 nationalities and seven directed by female filmmakers.
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One of the films in the section is Midi Z’s “The Road to Mandalay,” a powerful and tragic love story about two illegal immigrants from Myanmar on a journey to a better life. It follows Lianqing (Wu Ke-Xi), a beautiful and resolute woman determined to leave poverty behind and cross illegally into Thailand. Along her way, she meets a kind fellow migrant Guo (Ko Kai), a man who simply wants to work for a while and bring money back to Burma. While in Thailand,...
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One of the films in the section is Midi Z’s “The Road to Mandalay,” a powerful and tragic love story about two illegal immigrants from Myanmar on a journey to a better life. It follows Lianqing (Wu Ke-Xi), a beautiful and resolute woman determined to leave poverty behind and cross illegally into Thailand. Along her way, she meets a kind fellow migrant Guo (Ko Kai), a man who simply wants to work for a while and bring money back to Burma. While in Thailand,...
- 8/29/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The summer after high school graduation is a contemplative time, a period when the future seems so frightening and yet so filled with possibility. Gabriele Muccino’s latest film “Summertime” follows Marco (Brando Pacitto) and Maria (Matilda Lutz), two Italian teens uncertain about their future but eager to embark on a road-trip through America. They land in San Francisco where they meet Matt (Taylor Frey) and Paul (Joseph Haro), a gay couple who take them in and show them around the city. Soon, the four become fast friends and embark on enthusiastic explorations of love, life, and themselves, trying to discover and define who they are during a summer they’ll never forget. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
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- 8/26/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
There comes a time when everyone is forced to grow up whether they want to or not, and sometimes that time comes a little too early. Roan Johnson’s latest film “Piuma” follows two Italian teenagers, Ferro (Luigi Fedele) and Cate (Blu Yoshimi Di Martino), who must cope with an unexpected pregnancy and a world moving in the wrong direction. Though they deal with typical teenage struggles involving family, school, and employment, they’re also getting ready to take a major step in both of their lives. A comedy that lies at the center between hesitation and leaps of faith, “Piuma” tracks nine months in Ferro and Cate’s lives as they try not lose their purity and innocence amidst the major sea change. Watch the trailer below.
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- 8/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
“Are We Not Cats,” the closing night screening at the Venice International Film Critics’ Week, is the strange but tender story of a man who attempts to restart his life, but is sidetracked when he meets a woman who shares his unorthodox habit, a proclivity for eating hair. In honor of its unique premise, the New York-based filmmakers commissioned Iranian artist Morteza Mottaghi to create an art piece for the film’s key art, which will premiere along with the film at Venice. The piece was created completely from 100% human hair – including hair from Mottaghi’s own grandmother – and then the poster adapted and designed by Giant Films, a graphic design firm based in Mexico City. See the poster below.
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Morteza Mottaghi is a painter, sculptor, and special effects makeup artist living in Tehran,...
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Morteza Mottaghi is a painter, sculptor, and special effects makeup artist living in Tehran,...
- 8/15/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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