FAUSTO COPPI, AN ITALIAN STORY

ITALY  •  89′ &  54′ a movie by JEAN CHRISTOPHE ROSÉ “The greatest cycling champion of all times”, this was and for many connoisseurs still is, the expression used in referring to Coppi. Symbol of a Europe of Sports, which was born long before the European idea was practiced by nations and politicians, Fausto Coppi is also[…]

LANDSCAPES: “BIERRE LES SEMURS”

FRANCE • 24′ a movie by JEAN LOïC PORTRON At Bierre, life revolved around the feudal castle, later replaced by the baronial hall, built by a powerful official of Louis XVI. As in villages, it’s elsewhere that the crops grown are determined and the landscape bears the traces of many switches from stock farming to ce[…]

FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR, MOON IN THE WATER

FRANCE a movie by FRANÇOIS LUNEL Portrait of Tsai Ming-Liang : This documentary FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR, MOON IN THE WATER follows Tsai Ming-Liang’s work, a filmmaker who has already reached a mythical status and is recognized by international critics, during the filming of Face at the Louvre museum. HOW TO GET THE FILM INTERNATIONAL SALES[…]

LANDSCAPES: “BITCHE”

FRANCE • 25′ a movie by JEAN LOïC PORTRON Three centuries of war have profoundly marked this borderline landscape. Most obviously stand out the fortifications facing Germany. Military constraints have modeled the landscape, smothering any attempt at economic development. Nowadays, however, the border is permeable. Bitche, built as a rampart against Germany, now only lives for[…]

FROM THE TREE TO THE VIOLIN

FRANCE a movie by VINCENT BLANCHET François Perrin, a violin maker highly reputed for the quality of his work and also for his sense of humour and good cheer, gives birth to an originally shaped viola. We see a step by step account of the instrument’ s construction from the fashioning of the raw wood to,[…]

LANDSCAPES: “CAMPELLO ALTO”

ITALY • 26′ a movie by JEAN LOïC PORTRON A fortified village, perched high on a hill. The land is apparently fertile: the fields display diversity, as do the crops they bear, with trees playing an essential part. This harmony is the result of tireless struggle. If man allows his attention to wander or fails to[…]

FUCKING SHEFFIELD

ENGLAND a movie by KIM FLITCROFT Fucking Sheffield » is a film from the dark underside of the old Steel City. Cassi is a Lap Dancer at the Blue Minx Gentlemans Club, but her dancing days are numbered. Cassi wants to be a singer. Mick is a junkie who has lost everything to his heroin[…]

GOD, DOLLAR, FLAG AND DOG

USA  •  52′ a film by ROBERT BOZZI I went to the West Coast of America to see what the war times looked like after 9-11. I took back my place between my wife Ebby and our dog Napoleon, in our house at the foot of the “French Man’s Mountain”. Living this life and spotting what had changed,[…]

GIPSY FAIR WITH THE PININI

SPAIN a movie by CAROLE FIERZ The Guadalquivir delta has been the scene of many musical cultures. Flamenco appeared 150 years ago as a particular syncretism of oriental and occidental elements. An art of song, guitar and dance, it is above all and quintessentially the work of a few gypsy families who long ago settled in[…]

BUENOS AIRES, CHRONICLES FROM THE SHANTYTOWNS

ARGENTINA a movie by MARCELO CESPEDES, CARMEN GUARINI Buenos-Aires is one of those enormous cities scattered with shanty towns. The film retraces the population’s struggle to resist attempts to completely destroy these pockets of poverty. Today after having been displaced, mistreated, the inhabitants see the arrival of new people to the shantytown, people increasingly from the[…]