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UnderWire: Directing

The directing category brought along two films right up my street- beautifully shot and composed, yet sinister and dark. Beautiful Enough is a haunting but

Film Festival, News

Zipangu Fest: Nippon Year Zero

Oh what to do on a chilly Tuesday night in London? The answer you’re obviously searching for is; watch the very best Japanese independent and

Film Festival

UnderWire: Cinematography

There was one film that will undoubtedly win this category. Sis, written and directed by Deborah Haywood and shot by Director of Photography Gabi Norland

Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

The surprise winner of the Palme d’Or earlier this year at Cannes Film Festival, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives constitutes the final part of a

Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Producing

Pussy is a somewhat lighthearted delivery of a much more serious subject. Ellie is being sexually bullied by a boy at her school, Rocco. With constant

Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Tsai Ming-Liang

Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang is one of the key personalities of the international new wave of slow-cinema and a figure that has continuously strived to

Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Screenwriting

The two films I’ve chosen to mention from UnderWire’s Screenwriting category were actually old favourites of mine from a past Filmstock Festival (RIP)

Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Representation

The opening night of the first ever UnderWire Film Festival began on Thursday with five short films within the Representation category. This category was

Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Never Let Me Go

An adaptation of an acclaimed and beloved novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go paints a conceptually alternative world with a very familiar visual

Documentary, Film Festival

LIFF2010: Double Tide

A few weeks ago a review of Ruhr by James Benning was submitted as part of the coverage of the 54th London Film Festival, where I proposed Benning’s work as

Film Festival

Two Days to UnderWire

Back in August we let you know that Gemma Mitchell and Gabriella Apicella were on the hunt for entries for their brand new female focused (but not exclusive)

Film Festival, Live Action

GrimmFest 2010 – The Pack

The third film of our day at Manchester’s Grimm Up North Film Festival was Belgian-French horror hick-flick The Pack (La Meute). When the independent

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