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Comedy, Drama, Tallinn 2015, Thessaloniki 2015

Hrútar (Rams) – Thessaloniki 56

Grímur Hákonarson creates a wry subtle tragicomedy set in the rural Icelandic landscape that feels exceptionally heart-warming while touches the verges of melancholic sarcasm. Golden Alexander at the 56th Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Making a film is one of the best forms of strip-tease show that exists.

Ingmar Bergman

REVIEWS

Poziția Copilului (Child’s Pose, 2013)

Calin Peter Netzer directs a powerful family drama of characters under Romania's post-communist corrupted society. Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin Film Festival.

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Albert Serra’s cinema once again reaches the boundaries of experimentalism as he explores the historic figure (and death) of Louis XIV. Wilf Family Foundation Award at the 33rd Jerusalem International Film Festival.

El Chacal de Nahueltoro (Jackal of Nahueltoro, 1969)

One of the most important political films not only for Chilean cinema but also for the whole South America directed by Miguel Littín.

Hrútar (Rams) – Thessaloniki 56

Tôkyô Sensô Sengo Hiwa (The Man Who Left His Will on Film, 1970)

Nagisha Ôshima is performing a requiem for Japanese New Wave and he is covering everything, from the sociopolitical changes till his own alienation that he feels as an artist.

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Hrútar (Rams) – Thessaloniki 56

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

Poziția Copilului (Child’s Pose, 2013)

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

El Chacal de Nahueltoro (Jackal of Nahueltoro, 1969)

Hrútar (Rams) – Thessaloniki 56

Tôkyô Sensô Sengo Hiwa (The Man Who Left His Will on Film, 1970)

Dziga Vertov’s Eye

Antonioni on directing

Pasolini: L’anarchia del potere

Jodorowsky’s Endless Dream

Cœur Fidèle vs. Boy Meets Girl