Archives for March 2014

directed by Daniel Sousa/ A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest. “Whenever I started working on something I gravitated towards fairytales and […]

directed by Mark Gill/ A psychiatrist is called to a prison to examine an inmate named Voorman, who is convinced he is a god. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aNyXNYeiwA&hd=1 “It’s funny, the film is actually really popular in Belgium, believe it or not. We’ve taken it there three or four times to film festivals. We played Brussels and we […]

directed by Malcolm Clarke/ At 109, Alice Herz Sommer is the world’s oldest pianist…and its oldest Holocaust survivor. At the heart of her remarkable story of courage and endurance is her passion for music. “I would be completely disingenuous if I didn’t say the only thing that winning an Oscar makes you feel is you […]

directed by Esteban Crespo/ Paula, a Spanish aid worker, has an encounter with an African child soldier named Kaney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR9Fdn-a9-Q&hd=1 “I read an interview with a child soldier retelling his story as an adult. He was talking about the things that he had done or that he was made to do when he was a […]

directed by Max Lang and Jan Lachauer/ A genial witch and her cat are joined on their broom by several friends as they set off on an adventure. “I’ve always been really into drawing. When I was 12 I saw The Lion King and I wished I could do something like that, but at that […]

directed by Edgar A. Barens/ In a maximum security prison, the terminally ill Jack Hall faces his final days with the assistance of hospice care provided by workers drawn from the prison population. “Oh my God! I was actually at Irvine, California, because I was at the film festival there. That morning I put on […]

directed by Laurent Witz/ Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet’s arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion. “One of the challenges of the film was that it was an artistic project but at […]

directed by Xavier Legrand/ Miriam has left her abusive husband and taken refuge with her children in the local supermarket where she works. “I was in rehearsals for The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, and it was just two minutes before my entrance on stage, and a friend of mine called me and said, “you are […]

directed by Anders Walter/ A young boy Alfred is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM – a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital’s eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regain the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life. “In the beginning I found short film’s challenging to […]

directed by Kirsikka Saari and Selma Vilhunen/ A chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it’s best to take care of everything herself. “Film is an art form in which a basic element is time. It’s unnatural that we are forced to fit them into certain types of […]