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My 2014 or 24 films by 24fpsverite

The official selection of the 24 films that marked the cinematic year of 2014.

The Act of Killing (2012)

Joshua Oppenheimer creates a multilayered documentary that explores the Indonesian massacres by blending fiction with reality, the present with the past and surrealism with true horror.

Documentary, Politics, Venice 2014

The Look of Silence – Venice 71

Joshua Oppenheimer's second strikingly profound and captivating documentary looks straight into the horror of Indonesia’s hidden past.

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.

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.

Wednesday, May 9 – Venice 72 Orizzonti

In his debut film, Vahid Jalilvand is looking for humanitarian solidarity in today’s Iranian society through the private realistic stories of two women in need.

Shell – Torino 30

A slow paced family kitchen sink drama directed by Scott Graham and set in the Scottish highlands. Winner of the 30th Torino Film Festival.

Volchok (Wolfy, 2009)

Vassily Sigarev's debut feature is a raw violent drama of the destructive relationship between a mother and her daughter. A masterpiece of the Russian New Drama.

TagJoshua Oppenheimer

My 2014 or 24 films by 24fpsverite

The Act of Killing (2012)

The Look of Silence – Venice 71

I.D. – Torino 30

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

Wednesday, May 9 – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Shell – Torino 30

Volchok (Wolfy, 2009)

Pier Paolo Pasolini – Sesso, consolazione della miseria!

Cœur Fidèle vs. Boy Meets Girl

The ideas of David Lynch

Jafar Panahi: I don’t like political movies.

Pasolini on Hope