CategorySaid by…

Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, collating him with a countless number of people passing by close to him and far away, relating a person to the whole world, that is the meaning of cinema.

Andrei Tarkovsky

You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work.

Krzysztof Kieślowski

La télévision fabrique de l'oubli. Le cinéma fabrique des souvenirs.

Jean-Luc Godard

Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

I don't want to be a stupid filmmaker who is just repeating himself

Béla Tarr

David Cronenberg on Manipulation

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REVIEWS

I.D. – Torino 30

The debut film by the Indian director Kamal K.M. where the drama of a lost identity meets a bleak thriller in both worlds of modern Mumbai.

Boi Neon (Neon Bull) – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Gabriel Mascaro observes the social and cultural changes of Brazilian society as genders lose their identities and when a vaquero dreams to be a tailor.

A Blast – Sarajevo 20

Syllas Tzoumerkas' sophomore feature is a powerful sociopolitical drama that juxtaposes the cynicism of the troubled Greek society while the middle-class decays internally.

Skammen (Shame, 1968)

Ingmar Bergman, in one of his lesser known masterpieces, de-dramatizes a war by transferring all its tragedy to Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow and inevitably to his audience too.

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

Isa Quosja directs a slow burning drama that is dealing with one of the most delicate and tabu issues in modern post-war Kosovo.

CategorySaid by…

The Meaning of Cinema by Andrei Tarkovsky

Kieślowski on his work

TV vs. Cinema by Jean-Luc Godard

Pasolini on Hope

Béla Tarr on Filmmaking