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Last meeting with Jean-Luc Godard. This documentary shows the filmmaker in preparation for “Scénario”, his unfinished testamentary film, before closing with a moving scene: the final appearance of a genius driven to the very end by his love of cinema.Read More »
One of Will’s most complex films in terms of its visual choreography and editing.
Abstract visual poem celebrating the freedom of bodies moving through water. A filmmaker unconcerned with plot films the practice of an olympic swimming team and creates a visually stunning work.Read More »
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For ten days, in a city in the far west of China, a young Chinese actor and a Belgian filmmaker embark on a relationship that blurs the line between fictional performance and documented reality. The protagonists, played by Jin Jing and Matthias Delvaux, go on a hunt for intimacy in a city that is unfamiliar to them bothRead More »
Hae-joon seems like an ordinary middle-class, middle-aged family man. But his dreams are telling him a different story about himself. He has visions of his mother, a shaman, and is haunted by sounds of drums and chanting. Meanwhile his daughter lies bed-ridden with some mysterious ailment, preyed over zealously, if to little purpose, by his wife and her Christian cronies. He takes himself on a journey South, following scattered traces of his fire-obsessed mother, eventually to the festive scene of public shaman ceremonies on Jindo Island.Read More »
In the remote Yumei Township of Tibet, the Sangjie Quzha family was once the only household. For 34 years, they persevered against harsh environments, external threats, and the loss of loved ones, guarding the borders through livestock herding. Like resilient Gesang flowers, they rooted themselves on the snowy frontier, safeguarding thousands of square kilometers of territory for their homeland.
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Two brothers were born within a year of each other. The younger brother ‘Jong-hyun’ is only good at fighting, and his older brother ‘Seong-hyun’ is good at studying and has a warm heart. Jong-hyun has largely ignored Seong-hyun. They have studied in the same class, in the same school. Their mother loves only Seong-hyun.They fall in love with the same girl, but she only likes Jong-hyun. Because of their mother and her, the brothers’ conflicts never stop…Read More »
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Inspired by the first-person documentaries of Ross McElwee, DEAR JESSE is gay filmmaker Tim Kirkman’s filmed “letter” to the notoriously anti-gay Senator Jesse Helms. Shot during the 1996 senatorial campaign, the film features interviews with opponents and supporters, as well as writers Allan Gurganus and Lee Smith. The film also features a brief interview with Matthew Shepard, the young man whose murder in Laramie, Wyoming, called attention to antigay violence.Read More »
