TagVahid Jalilvand

Drama, Venice 2015

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.

REVIEWS

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.

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.

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)

A folk romantic crime saga by the emerging indie Texan filmmaker, David Lowery on the footsteps of Terence Mallick tradition.

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.

Kreditis Limiti (Line of Credit) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Salomé Alexi is dealing with the sensitive issue of financial crisis in the post-Soviet Georgian society seen from a female point of view.

TagVahid Jalilvand

Wednesday, May 9 – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Volchok (Wolfy, 2009)

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

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)

A Blast – Sarajevo 20

Kreditis Limiti (Line of Credit) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Antonioni on Vitti

those lacking imagination

Francesco Rosi: The cinema of emotions

Béla Tarr on Filmmaking

Jodorowsky’s Endless Dream