Lagos, Nigeria’s iRep, one of Africa’s few documentary-specific film festivals, has closed its fifth anniversary edition showing more than 40 films curated around themes and issues in Africa.
Executive director Femi Odugbemi said, “We have rekindled awareness of the power and possibilities of documentary to provoke debate, highlight issues, explicate human experiences and explore histories and cultures.”
The festival’s screenings included three films directed by Kim Longinotto: Love Is All, Salma and Rough Aunties.
Other programme highlights include Jean Marie-Teno’s Leaf In The Wind, Irene Loebell’s Life In Progress, Terry Davis’ Colors: Bangin’ in South Carolina, Uli Gaulke’s Comrades in Dreams, Michael Matheson Miller’s Poverty Inc., Dayo Balogun’s Project Rebranding Nollywood, and Ryan Mullins’ Chameleon.
In addition to screenings, the festival also included workshops, conferences and networking platforms. iRep also held a producers roundtable event to connect with each other and visiting industry experts.
Rob Ritchie, screenwriter...
Executive director Femi Odugbemi said, “We have rekindled awareness of the power and possibilities of documentary to provoke debate, highlight issues, explicate human experiences and explore histories and cultures.”
The festival’s screenings included three films directed by Kim Longinotto: Love Is All, Salma and Rough Aunties.
Other programme highlights include Jean Marie-Teno’s Leaf In The Wind, Irene Loebell’s Life In Progress, Terry Davis’ Colors: Bangin’ in South Carolina, Uli Gaulke’s Comrades in Dreams, Michael Matheson Miller’s Poverty Inc., Dayo Balogun’s Project Rebranding Nollywood, and Ryan Mullins’ Chameleon.
In addition to screenings, the festival also included workshops, conferences and networking platforms. iRep also held a producers roundtable event to connect with each other and visiting industry experts.
Rob Ritchie, screenwriter...
- 3/23/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Kim Longinotto-directed film follows a former prostitute’s efforts to end the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth
Showtime acquired the rights to “Dreamcatcher” on Thursday, a documentary about a former prostitute’s efforts to curb human trafficking and to prevent the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The deal was announced before its Jan. 25 world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Also Read: 10 Sundance Breakout Stars Led by Melissa Rauch, Julia Garner and the ‘Knock Knock’ Girls
Directed by veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto (“Salma,” “Rough Aunties,” “Divorce Iranian Style,”) “Dreamcatcher” focuses on Brenda Myers-Powell, a former Chicago prostitute who helps...
Showtime acquired the rights to “Dreamcatcher” on Thursday, a documentary about a former prostitute’s efforts to curb human trafficking and to prevent the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The deal was announced before its Jan. 25 world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Also Read: 10 Sundance Breakout Stars Led by Melissa Rauch, Julia Garner and the ‘Knock Knock’ Girls
Directed by veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto (“Salma,” “Rough Aunties,” “Divorce Iranian Style,”) “Dreamcatcher” focuses on Brenda Myers-Powell, a former Chicago prostitute who helps...
- 1/22/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Showtime Networks has made a deal for rights to Dreamcatcher, the Sundance premiere documentary by helmer Kim Longinotto (Salma, Rough Aunties, Divorce Iranian Style) about former Chicago prostitute-turned-advocate Brenda Myers-Powell and her efforts to fight the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The Rise Films, Vixen Films and Green Acres production in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation is produced by Lisa Stevens and Teddy Leifer (The Inte…...
- 1/22/2015
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline TV
Showtime Networks has made a deal for rights to Dreamcatcher, the Sundance premiere documentary by helmer Kim Longinotto (Salma, Rough Aunties, Divorce Iranian Style) about former Chicago prostitute-turned-advocate Brenda Myers-Powell and her efforts to fight the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The Rise Films, Vixen Films and Green Acres production in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation is produced by Lisa Stevens and Teddy Leifer (The Interrupters, The Invisible War) and executive produced by Dan Cogan, Geralyn White Dreyfous and Regina K. Scully; associate producers are John Stack and Wilfred Spears. Deal was negotiated by Andrew Herwitz of the Film Sales Company on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 1/22/2015
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
The BBC has confirmed the lineup for its new documentary festival Art Screen, which runs in Glasgow April 10-13.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh.
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film, 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh.
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film, 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
- 3/31/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The BBC has confirmed the lineup for its new documentary festival Art Screen, which runs in Glasgow April 10-13.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
The festival kicks off with Julien Temple’s Rio, with the director also participating in a Q&A with Kirsty Wark.
Martin Scorsese has specially selected Italianamerican for Art Screen audiences, exclusively from his own personal archive.
Jarvis Cocker will also attend a Q&A following the screening of steelworks project The Big Melt, which he co-directed with Martin Wallace.
Other screenings include Jeremy Deller’s The Bruce Lacey Experience, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, and a world premiere of Louise Lockwood’s Facing Up To Mackintosh. Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will give a masterclass about making their Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth.
Art Screen is led by the BBC with collaborators including Glasgow International, British Council, frieze, Lux, Glasgow Film, Cca and BFI. It is supported by Creative Scotland.
- 3/31/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
2013 proved to be yet another exciting year for Indian documentaries: they screened at numerous international film festivals and took home awards. In a small but significant step, a few of them even found their way into theatres in India. Though the domestic funding and distribution scenario still remains gloomy, there’s much to rejoice in the international acclaim that these documentaries have found in the last year.
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
We have compiled a list of the 10 most successful documentaries of 2013, taking into account factors such as film festivals, awards, popularity, reviews and distribution.
Special Mention for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man that has recently been selected for its fiftieth festival, Saurav Sarangi’s Char..The No Man’s Island and Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang for still being hot on the festival circuit and Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s When Hari Got Married for its theatrical release in August. All...
- 1/3/2014
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
The 13th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films (Miff) has unveiled its lineup for International and Indian competition sections.
The biennial festival will be held from February 3-9, 2014 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Ncpa) in Mumbai. The festival received 600 entries from India and 205 international entries out of which films from 34 countries have been selected.
Ian McDonald’s Algorithms, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Dylan Mohan Gray’s Fire in the Blood, Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang and Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia’s I Am Micro are some of the prominent documentaries that will compete in International Competition.
For complete lineup of International Competition, click here
Tamaash (The Puppet) by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh, Golden Mango by Govinda Raju, Have You Seen the Arana? by Sunanda Bhat, Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Shepherds of Paradise...
The biennial festival will be held from February 3-9, 2014 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Ncpa) in Mumbai. The festival received 600 entries from India and 205 international entries out of which films from 34 countries have been selected.
Ian McDonald’s Algorithms, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Dylan Mohan Gray’s Fire in the Blood, Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang and Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia’s I Am Micro are some of the prominent documentaries that will compete in International Competition.
For complete lineup of International Competition, click here
Tamaash (The Puppet) by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh, Golden Mango by Govinda Raju, Have You Seen the Arana? by Sunanda Bhat, Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Shepherds of Paradise...
- 1/1/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Rise Films is reteaming with Longinotto for Us prostitution documentary.
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
- 9/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rise Films is reteaming with Longinotto for Us prostitution documentary.
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
- 9/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The 13th edition of the Open Frame festival organised by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (Psbt) will be held from September 11 – 21, 2013. The event focuses on the documentaries made by women, on women. The festival aims to inspire, encourage and bring about awareness on women’s issues through discussions and conversations between the audiences and the filmmakers. The festival will be held at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
For more details see here.
The festival is divided in two parts: a) Film screening and discussions, b) Workshops
Workshops:
Film Appreciation Workshops: Film Appreciation by Prof. Suresh and Documentary Film Appreciation by Prof. Ajit Duara
Intensive Filmmaking Workshops: Aesthetics For Non-Fiction Filmmaking by Prof. Ajit Duara, Essentials Of Documentary Filmmaking by Rajiv Mehrotra and Aspects Of Documentary – Facts And Fictions by Sameera Jain
List of films:
13 September, Friday
10:00 Am – Beyond Women’s Stereotypes
Director: Bindu Nair / India / 2004
10:45 Am – The Grey Area...
For more details see here.
The festival is divided in two parts: a) Film screening and discussions, b) Workshops
Workshops:
Film Appreciation Workshops: Film Appreciation by Prof. Suresh and Documentary Film Appreciation by Prof. Ajit Duara
Intensive Filmmaking Workshops: Aesthetics For Non-Fiction Filmmaking by Prof. Ajit Duara, Essentials Of Documentary Filmmaking by Rajiv Mehrotra and Aspects Of Documentary – Facts And Fictions by Sameera Jain
List of films:
13 September, Friday
10:00 Am – Beyond Women’s Stereotypes
Director: Bindu Nair / India / 2004
10:45 Am – The Grey Area...
- 9/7/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Film Southasia, Festival of South Asian Documentaries has announced its selection for 2013 edition. Fifteen Indian documentaries will be screened at the festival that will take place from 3-6 October in Kathmandu, Nepal. Film Southasia (Fsa) is a biennial festival that was set up in 1997 with the goal of popularizing the documentary.
Selected Indian films:
A Prayer For Aliyah by Zorawar Shukla
Algorithms by Ian McDonald
Big In Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles
Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Char…No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Elemental by Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee
Fire In The Blood by Dylan Mohan Gray
Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerji
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread by Satchith Paulose
Immoral Daughters by Nakul Singh Sawhney
Invoking Justice by Deepa Dhanraj
Salma by Kim Longinotto
Sama by Shazia Khan
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
Voice of God by Bernd Lützeler...
Selected Indian films:
A Prayer For Aliyah by Zorawar Shukla
Algorithms by Ian McDonald
Big In Bollywood by Kenny Meehan and Bill Bowles
Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Char…No Man’s Island by Sourav Sarangi
Elemental by Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughn Lee
Fire In The Blood by Dylan Mohan Gray
Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerji
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread by Satchith Paulose
Immoral Daughters by Nakul Singh Sawhney
Invoking Justice by Deepa Dhanraj
Salma by Kim Longinotto
Sama by Shazia Khan
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
Voice of God by Bernd Lützeler...
- 8/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Lucia, Director Pawan Kumar’s Kannada-language film Lucia has won the coveted Audience Award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival (Liff, July 18-25). The inventive crowd-funded film, powered by UK-based online outfit Distrify, delighted sold out audiences across the city.
Pawan Kumar said: “To win this award in the face of such powerful competition is a dream come true for me. I thank the London Indian Film Festival for selecting the film for its world premiere and would also like to thank the London audience and the UK Kannada community for supporting the film.”
Anurag Goswami won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, for Kaun Kamleshwar? (Who’s Kamleshwar?). The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director – Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film...
Pawan Kumar said: “To win this award in the face of such powerful competition is a dream come true for me. I thank the London Indian Film Festival for selecting the film for its world premiere and would also like to thank the London audience and the UK Kannada community for supporting the film.”
Anurag Goswami won the Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, for Kaun Kamleshwar? (Who’s Kamleshwar?). The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director – Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film...
- 7/30/2013
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
A still from Lucia
Kannada-language film Lucia directed by Pawan Kumar has won the Audience Award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival that concluded recently.
The crowd-funded film revolves around an usher at a decrepit cinema who suffers from insomnia. His life changes when he starts getting weird and wonderful dreams but with a caveat. Set in the teeming young metropolis that is Bangalore, the film is a turbulent ride where the lines between dreams and reality are blurred to delirious effect. Lucia features Sathish, Shruthi Hariharan, Hardhika Shetty and Achyuth Kumar.
The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, went to Anurag Goswami for Kaun Kamleshwar?
The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director -Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award goes to...
Kannada-language film Lucia directed by Pawan Kumar has won the Audience Award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival that concluded recently.
The crowd-funded film revolves around an usher at a decrepit cinema who suffers from insomnia. His life changes when he starts getting weird and wonderful dreams but with a caveat. Set in the teeming young metropolis that is Bangalore, the film is a turbulent ride where the lines between dreams and reality are blurred to delirious effect. Lucia features Sathish, Shruthi Hariharan, Hardhika Shetty and Achyuth Kumar.
The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award, held in conjunction with Liff, went to Anurag Goswami for Kaun Kamleshwar?
The jury, comprising Atif Ghani (producer – Ill Manors), Kim Longinotto (director -Salma), Sunny Grewal (BBC London), Meghna Gupta (shorts director, Unravel) and Satwant Gill (Liff), said: “The Satyajit Ray Foundation’s short film award goes to...
- 7/30/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from “Filmistaan”
Nitin Kakkar won the “German Star of India” award for his feature film Filmistaan at the 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart. The award comprising cash prize of 4000 Euro is given to a film that narrates a very serious political theme in a very poetic and humorous way.
The German Star of India in the short film category went to Calcutta Taxi by Vikram Dasgupta. Set in the grimy backdrop of a city going through a political crisis, Calcutta Taxi unravels the story of three lives that coincide and affect each other.
Salma by Kim Longinotto was awarded the German Star of India in the documentary category. Salma chronicles the life of a woman from south India who was locked by her parents on reaching puberty and decided to fight her way back to the outside world twenty-five years later. Now she is a well-known poet.
The...
Nitin Kakkar won the “German Star of India” award for his feature film Filmistaan at the 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart. The award comprising cash prize of 4000 Euro is given to a film that narrates a very serious political theme in a very poetic and humorous way.
The German Star of India in the short film category went to Calcutta Taxi by Vikram Dasgupta. Set in the grimy backdrop of a city going through a political crisis, Calcutta Taxi unravels the story of three lives that coincide and affect each other.
Salma by Kim Longinotto was awarded the German Star of India in the documentary category. Salma chronicles the life of a woman from south India who was locked by her parents on reaching puberty and decided to fight her way back to the outside world twenty-five years later. Now she is a well-known poet.
The...
- 7/22/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from “Under the Pillow”
The 34th edition of the Durban International Film Festival will screen the festival favourite films from India: Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout, Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children.
Besides, two Indian documentaries are part of the official selection. Algorithm by Ian McDonald ventures into the lives of three blind chess players who challenge far more than their opponents, but further, stand as a challenge to the ocular-centric world, as we witness their blindness emerging as a difference rather than a disability. [Read review]
Salma by Kim Longinotto chronicles the life of famous Tamil poet Salma, who at the age of 13, was locked up by her family for 25 years, forbidden from studying, and forced into an arranged marriage.
Two short films have also been selected from India. Under the Pillow (Bajo La Almohada) directed by...
The 34th edition of the Durban International Film Festival will screen the festival favourite films from India: Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout, Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children.
Besides, two Indian documentaries are part of the official selection. Algorithm by Ian McDonald ventures into the lives of three blind chess players who challenge far more than their opponents, but further, stand as a challenge to the ocular-centric world, as we witness their blindness emerging as a difference rather than a disability. [Read review]
Salma by Kim Longinotto chronicles the life of famous Tamil poet Salma, who at the age of 13, was locked up by her family for 25 years, forbidden from studying, and forced into an arranged marriage.
Two short films have also been selected from India. Under the Pillow (Bajo La Almohada) directed by...
- 7/11/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
10th Indian film festival Stuttgart has announced its selection. The festival will take place from July 17 to 21 in the German city of Stuttgart.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened at the festival:-
Ashok Rane’s doucmentay Being with Apu
Blood Brothers by Steve Hoover
Dancing Colours by Stuttgart Media University students
Liv & Ingmar by Dheeraj Akolkar
Much Ado about Knotting by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
No Problem! 6 Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai
Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar
Resonance of Mother’s Melody by Dip Bhuyan
Salma by Kim Longinotto
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
The World Before her by Nisha Pahuja
Bombay Talkies by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar
Shahid by Hansal Mehta
Chokher Bali by Rituparno Ghosh
Bawdi – The Well by Viver Soni
Paroksh by Kuldip Patel
Thaambadhyam by Yugandhara Muthukrishnan
Umbartha by...
Here is the complete list of films to be screened at the festival:-
Ashok Rane’s doucmentay Being with Apu
Blood Brothers by Steve Hoover
Dancing Colours by Stuttgart Media University students
Liv & Ingmar by Dheeraj Akolkar
Much Ado about Knotting by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur
No Problem! 6 Months with the Barefoot Grandmamas by Yasmin Kidwai
Powerless by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar
Resonance of Mother’s Melody by Dip Bhuyan
Salma by Kim Longinotto
The Human Factor by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
The World Before her by Nisha Pahuja
Bombay Talkies by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar
Shahid by Hansal Mehta
Chokher Bali by Rituparno Ghosh
Bawdi – The Well by Viver Soni
Paroksh by Kuldip Patel
Thaambadhyam by Yugandhara Muthukrishnan
Umbartha by...
- 6/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Rafea: Solar Mama
To Let The World In by Avijit Mukul Kishore, Salma by Kim Longinotto (India-uk) and Rafea: Solar Mama by Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim ( Jordan, United States, Denmark, India) will be screened at the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
In To Let The World In, Volume 1; Avijit Mukul Kishore (Vertical City) retraces a difficult but liberating few decades for Indian art from the 1960s to the 1980s through a collage of interviews, archival photographs, and artworks. The documentary will have a World Premiere at Sheffield.
Salma revolves around a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village who is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper. Eventually she escapes and lands up in the hands of a publisher. Salma becomes a celebrated Tamil poet, discovering her own freedom and challenging...
To Let The World In by Avijit Mukul Kishore, Salma by Kim Longinotto (India-uk) and Rafea: Solar Mama by Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim ( Jordan, United States, Denmark, India) will be screened at the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
In To Let The World In, Volume 1; Avijit Mukul Kishore (Vertical City) retraces a difficult but liberating few decades for Indian art from the 1960s to the 1980s through a collage of interviews, archival photographs, and artworks. The documentary will have a World Premiere at Sheffield.
Salma revolves around a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village who is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper. Eventually she escapes and lands up in the hands of a publisher. Salma becomes a celebrated Tamil poet, discovering her own freedom and challenging...
- 5/10/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Produced and directed by Kim Longinotto, Salma will screen in the documentary section at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The 56th edition of the festival will be held from April 25 –May 9, 2013.
An India – UK production, the film narrates the story of Salma, a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village who is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper. Eventually she escapes and lands up in the hands of a publisher. Salma becomes a celebrated Tamil poet, discovering her own freedom and challenging the traditions and code of conduct in her village.
The documentary made its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2013 and bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale 2013. The film was also screened at the Documentary Edge Film Festival 2013 in New Zealand and the Canadian...
An India – UK production, the film narrates the story of Salma, a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village who is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper. Eventually she escapes and lands up in the hands of a publisher. Salma becomes a celebrated Tamil poet, discovering her own freedom and challenging the traditions and code of conduct in her village.
The documentary made its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2013 and bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale 2013. The film was also screened at the Documentary Edge Film Festival 2013 in New Zealand and the Canadian...
- 4/4/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Blood Brother
Blood Brother, Salma, Menstrual Man and Blood Relative will screen at HotDocs, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival to be held from April 25 – May 5, 2013 in Toronto.
Blood Brother and Salma will be part of the Special Presentations, Menstrual Man will be screened under the Rule Breakers and Innovators section and Blood Relative will be part of the Canadian Spectrum category.
Blood Brother, directed by Steve Hoover is a USA production about a disillusioned American tourist in India. A meet with a group of children with HIV / AIDS changes his understanding of life. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Us Documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2013.
In Kim Longinotto’s India-uk production Salma, a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper.
Blood Brother, Salma, Menstrual Man and Blood Relative will screen at HotDocs, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival to be held from April 25 – May 5, 2013 in Toronto.
Blood Brother and Salma will be part of the Special Presentations, Menstrual Man will be screened under the Rule Breakers and Innovators section and Blood Relative will be part of the Canadian Spectrum category.
Blood Brother, directed by Steve Hoover is a USA production about a disillusioned American tourist in India. A meet with a group of children with HIV / AIDS changes his understanding of life. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Us Documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2013.
In Kim Longinotto’s India-uk production Salma, a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper.
- 3/21/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Far from stripped down, the massive 2013 edition will kick off with the world premiere of The Manor, a documentary by first-time Canadian director Shawney Cohen, about a Jewish family running a Guelph strip club. Growing in popularity and acclaim with each edition, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival is one of North America’s most anticipated film festivals and a haven for lovers of great documentaries — its sold-out screenings and long line-ups attest to the festival’s ever-growing importance and impressive status. Yesterday, Hot Docs unveiled its full line-up (which runs April 25th to May 5th) of 205 official selections from 43 countries, chosen from over 2,300 submissions, with 44 World premieres.
If the subjects and titles are any indication, it promises to be yet another fascinating year in documentaries. 2012 was highly successful for the festival with 9 of its selections making up the 15 documentaries shortlisted for the Best Feature Documentary at the recent Academy Awards.
If the subjects and titles are any indication, it promises to be yet another fascinating year in documentaries. 2012 was highly successful for the festival with 9 of its selections making up the 15 documentaries shortlisted for the Best Feature Documentary at the recent Academy Awards.
- 3/20/2013
- by Moen Mohamed
- IONCINEMA.com
Filmic | London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival | Human Rights Watch Film Festival | Wales One World Film Festival
Filmic, Bristol
Less a festival than a drawn-out season exploring the overlap between cinema and music. Local hero John Parish starts things off this Saturday, talking about his film music and selecting films for this month's Sunday Brunch screenings. Next month it's Goldfrapp's Will Gregory's turn, and he performs with his Moog ensemble alongside Geoff Barrow's would-be Judge Dredd soundtrack Drokk. There's a special screening of Tron, and in May Philip Glass will be selecting movies and giving a talk.
Watershed & St George's Hall, Sat to 14 May
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Never afraid to shake things up, the long-running festival is even taking suggestions on a new name this year. Strictly, it should be the Llgbtqiaff (taking in bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and asexual), but surely we can come up with something more succinct?...
Filmic, Bristol
Less a festival than a drawn-out season exploring the overlap between cinema and music. Local hero John Parish starts things off this Saturday, talking about his film music and selecting films for this month's Sunday Brunch screenings. Next month it's Goldfrapp's Will Gregory's turn, and he performs with his Moog ensemble alongside Geoff Barrow's would-be Judge Dredd soundtrack Drokk. There's a special screening of Tron, and in May Philip Glass will be selecting movies and giving a talk.
Watershed & St George's Hall, Sat to 14 May
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Never afraid to shake things up, the long-running festival is even taking suggestions on a new name this year. Strictly, it should be the Llgbtqiaff (taking in bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and asexual), but surely we can come up with something more succinct?...
- 3/9/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) has unveiled a few films to screen in its 11th edition. Mira Nair’s The Reluctant
Peddlers
Fundamentalist, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Vasan Bala’s Peddlers, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, Sushrut Jain’s Beyond All Boundaries and S S Rajamouli’s Eecha will be screened at the festival.
The festival, to be held from April 9 – 14, 2013 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, will open with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur and close with Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children.
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man and Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistan will also be screened at the festival.
The festival will screen Yash Chopra’s Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila and Chandni as part of the Bollywood by Night series.
Full line up of the festival will be announced by mid-March.
Peddlers
Fundamentalist, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Vasan Bala’s Peddlers, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, Sushrut Jain’s Beyond All Boundaries and S S Rajamouli’s Eecha will be screened at the festival.
The festival, to be held from April 9 – 14, 2013 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, will open with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur and close with Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children.
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Celluloid Man and Nitin Kakkar’s Filmistan will also be screened at the festival.
The festival will screen Yash Chopra’s Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila and Chandni as part of the Bollywood by Night series.
Full line up of the festival will be announced by mid-March.
- 3/9/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Kim Longinotto’s India-uk production Salma is one of the first five names announced for screening at the Documentary Edge Film Festival 2013, an international documentary film festival in Aukland, New Zealand. The festival will be held from April 10 – 21, 2013. Another edition of the festival will run in Wellington from May 8 – 19, 2013.
The other names announced are: Unraveled (USA) by Marc H Simon, How to Survive a Plague (USA) by David France, The Russian Winter (USA) by Petter Ringbom and Her Master’s Voice (UK/USA) by Nina Conti.
Thirteen year old Salma, a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village, is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper. Eventually she escapes and lands up in the hands of a publisher. Salma becomes a celebrated Tamil poet, discovering her own freedom and challenging the traditions...
The other names announced are: Unraveled (USA) by Marc H Simon, How to Survive a Plague (USA) by David France, The Russian Winter (USA) by Petter Ringbom and Her Master’s Voice (UK/USA) by Nina Conti.
Thirteen year old Salma, a Muslim girl in a South-Indian village, is locked up by her family for 25 years; not allowed to study and forced into a marriage. She covertly takes up composing poems on scraps of paper. Eventually she escapes and lands up in the hands of a publisher. Salma becomes a celebrated Tamil poet, discovering her own freedom and challenging the traditions...
- 3/5/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Child’s Pose
Child’s Pose by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival which concluded on Saturday. The film portrays a mother consumed by self-love in a struggle to save her lost son.
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović won the Silver Bear while the award for Best Director went to David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche.
British filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s India-based documentary Salma bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale (Read here).
List of Awards:
Golden Bear for the Best Film
Poziţia Copilului
Child’s Pose
by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear)
Epizoda u životu berača željeza
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
by Danis Tanović
Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) – in memory of the Festival Founder –for a feature film...
Child’s Pose by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival which concluded on Saturday. The film portrays a mother consumed by self-love in a struggle to save her lost son.
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović won the Silver Bear while the award for Best Director went to David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche.
British filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s India-based documentary Salma bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale (Read here).
List of Awards:
Golden Bear for the Best Film
Poziţia Copilului
Child’s Pose
by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear)
Epizoda u životu berača željeza
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
by Danis Tanović
Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) – in memory of the Festival Founder –for a feature film...
- 2/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
British filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s India-based documentary Salma has bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale.
Salma chronicles the life of a woman from south India who was locked by her parents on reaching puberty and decided to fight her way back to the outside world twenty-five years later. Now she is a well-known poet.
The Panorama Audience Award has been given since 1999. During the Berlinale, movie-goers were asked to rate the films shown in the Panorama section and over 28,000 votes were cast and counted altogether. This year the Panorama presented 52 productions from 33 countries, of which 20 were documentaries.
The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival will come to a close on February 16 with the presentation of the awards.
Winners of the Panorama Audience Award – fiction film 2013:
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgium/Netherlands 2012
Directed by Felix van Groeningen
2nd Place
Reaching for the Moon
Brazil 2013
Directed by Bruno Barreto...
Salma chronicles the life of a woman from south India who was locked by her parents on reaching puberty and decided to fight her way back to the outside world twenty-five years later. Now she is a well-known poet.
The Panorama Audience Award has been given since 1999. During the Berlinale, movie-goers were asked to rate the films shown in the Panorama section and over 28,000 votes were cast and counted altogether. This year the Panorama presented 52 productions from 33 countries, of which 20 were documentaries.
The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival will come to a close on February 16 with the presentation of the awards.
Winners of the Panorama Audience Award – fiction film 2013:
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgium/Netherlands 2012
Directed by Felix van Groeningen
2nd Place
Reaching for the Moon
Brazil 2013
Directed by Bruno Barreto...
- 2/16/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Here is a complete listing of the films that were shown/covered by the Ioncinema.com team comprised of Nicholas Bell (Nb), Jordan M. Smith (Js) and Eric Lavallee (El). We’ll be populating this page up until March.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
- 1/29/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Korean film Jiseul directed by Muel O won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at the Sundance Film Festival 2013 that concluded yesterday.
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to A River Changes Course, a Cambodia-u.S.A. production directed by Kalyanee Mam.
Egypt – U.S.A. co-production The Square (Al Midan) won the Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary. The film is directed by Jehane Noujaim. Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented to United Kingdom – Philippines co-production Metro Manila, directed by Sean Ellis.
Audience Award: Best of Next was conferred to U.S.A.’s This is Martin Bonner by Chad Hartigan.
Tinatin Gurchiani won the Directing Award in the World Cinema Documentary section for his Georgia- Germany co-production The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear while Sebastián Silva won the Directing Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category for Chilean film Crystal Fairy.
Screenwriting...
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to A River Changes Course, a Cambodia-u.S.A. production directed by Kalyanee Mam.
Egypt – U.S.A. co-production The Square (Al Midan) won the Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary. The film is directed by Jehane Noujaim. Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented to United Kingdom – Philippines co-production Metro Manila, directed by Sean Ellis.
Audience Award: Best of Next was conferred to U.S.A.’s This is Martin Bonner by Chad Hartigan.
Tinatin Gurchiani won the Directing Award in the World Cinema Documentary section for his Georgia- Germany co-production The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear while Sebastián Silva won the Directing Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category for Chilean film Crystal Fairy.
Screenwriting...
- 1/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Here are some of the twitter feeds for those participating in the Sundance Film Festival’s 2013 Premieres and Docu Premieres section including (image featured above) Who is Dayani Cristal?. If you know of any other twitter feeds (producers, production houses, editors, Dps, scribes – etc.) we can add for each individual film – please let us know.
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
The Future
Director and screenwriter Alicia Scherson – @scherson
Houston
Actor Garret Dillahunt – @garretdillahunt
Metro Manila
Actors Jake Macapagal – @jakepromac, John Arcilla – @JohnArcilla, Althea Vega – @altheavega
Soldate Jeannette – @Jeannette_film
What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love
Director and screenwriter Mouly Surya – @moulysurya
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Fire in the Blood – @fitbmovie
Director Dylan Mohan Gray – @DylanMohanGray
Google and the World Brain
Director Ben Lewis – @artsafarist
The Moo Man
Directors Andy Heathcote – @moomanmovie, Heike Bachelier – @HeikeBachelier
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer – @PussyRiotDoc
Co-director Maxim Pozdorovkin – @pozdor
A River...
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
The Future
Director and screenwriter Alicia Scherson – @scherson
Houston
Actor Garret Dillahunt – @garretdillahunt
Metro Manila
Actors Jake Macapagal – @jakepromac, John Arcilla – @JohnArcilla, Althea Vega – @altheavega
Soldate Jeannette – @Jeannette_film
What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love
Director and screenwriter Mouly Surya – @moulysurya
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Fire in the Blood – @fitbmovie
Director Dylan Mohan Gray – @DylanMohanGray
Google and the World Brain
Director Ben Lewis – @artsafarist
The Moo Man
Directors Andy Heathcote – @moomanmovie, Heike Bachelier – @HeikeBachelier
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer – @PussyRiotDoc
Co-director Maxim Pozdorovkin – @pozdor
A River...
- 1/17/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Still from Salma
This year India is represented at Sundance Film Festival by one fiction film and two documentaries–Gangs of Wasseypur, Fire in the Blood and Salma– which is commendable considering its track record at the premier film festival. The three films were selected from 12,146 submissions from all around the world.
In 2012, Valley of Saints (India-us) by Musa Syeed won the World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category. In 2011, The Bengali Detective (India-us-Britain) directed by Philip Cox competed in World Cinema Documentary section while Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli (Live) participated in World Cinema Narrative competition in 2010.
This year, not only there are three films from India at the festival, but Anurag Kashyap has been invited to sit on the World Cinema Dramatic Jury. For Gangs of Wasseypur, Kashyap was awarded the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 and has...
This year India is represented at Sundance Film Festival by one fiction film and two documentaries–Gangs of Wasseypur, Fire in the Blood and Salma– which is commendable considering its track record at the premier film festival. The three films were selected from 12,146 submissions from all around the world.
In 2012, Valley of Saints (India-us) by Musa Syeed won the World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category. In 2011, The Bengali Detective (India-us-Britain) directed by Philip Cox competed in World Cinema Documentary section while Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli (Live) participated in World Cinema Narrative competition in 2010.
This year, not only there are three films from India at the festival, but Anurag Kashyap has been invited to sit on the World Cinema Dramatic Jury. For Gangs of Wasseypur, Kashyap was awarded the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 and has...
- 1/17/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Master documentarian Kim Longinotto has for over two decades made films that explore issues relevant to women in such diverse places as Japan, Iran, Africa and India. Following her most recent work, the HBO doc "Pink Saris," Longinotto is back with "Salma," a bracing film about how a Muslim woman against all odds became the most famous Tamil poet. What It's About: "When Salma, a young Tamil girl, was locked up by her family according to village traditon, she was angry and confused. She could only express her true feelings in the poems she wrote and smuggled out." What It's Really About: "It's about family, so it's something we've all struggled with." What I Want Audiences To Take Away: "I hope they'll be disturbed, moved and exhilarated - just as I was. I feel so lucky to have met Salma and shared her life. They'll meet Salma her village.
- 1/9/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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