TagSenem Tüzen

Drama, Tallinn 2015, Thessaloniki 2015

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Ana Yurdu (Motherland) – Thessaloniki 56 Balkan Survey

Senem Tüzen explores if Motherland could be the place of reconciliation of past and present in an ongoing love-hate relationship between a mother and her daughter.

REVIEWS

Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy – Venice 70 Biennale College

Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit creates a truly innovative experimental films set in our digital world. What could happen if a Twitter account feed becomes real?

Piccola Patria (Small Homeland) – Venice 70 Orizzonti

A typical rural kitchen sink drama in the industrialized Italian region of Veneto that now faces the economical crisis. Directed by Alessandro Rossetto.

Ixcanul Volcano – Berlinale 65

A low key coming-of-age drama that stands between the local Mayan traditions and their bleak impoverished lives. Debut feature film by Jayro Bustamante.

Marionette (2007)

Minos Nikolakakis creates a dark minimalistic tale that comes closer to reality or a dark reality that touches the edges of chilling fantasy.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Venice 71

The best finale to Roy Andersson's witty and extremely unpredictable existentialistic Living Trilogy. Golden Lion at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

QUOTES

André Bazin: The Ontology of the Photographic Image

The Ontology of the Photographic Image by André Bazin's Qu'est-ce que le cinéma? (What is Cinema?)

Bertolucci – Dreams from the Other Side

If it was right to dream in '68 it's even more right to go on dreaming today.

Kieślowski and the magic of screen

As an audience, you find yourself in a state of tension because you're in a world shown to you by the director.

Jafar Panahi: I don’t like political movies.

I’m not a political person. I don’t like political movies. But I take every opportunity to comment on the social issues. I talk about the current issues.

Ingmar Bergman’s Dreams

No other art medium–neither painting nor poetry–can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can.