On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Herd in Iceland (dir. Lindsay Blatt & Paul Taggart, 2013)
The first in a program of documentaries about the world and connecting with separate cultures, Herd in Iceland is a story of the Scandinavian cowboy and their pride of their stock. The horses, purebred and uniquely Icelandic, are rounded up each year from the wild in a communal event reminiscent of a fairground, hot dogs and all. The caretakers range from a rural family whose daughter remarks that she doesn’t know what other people her age do in their free time considering how long she spends with the horses, riding and caring for them daily; a man who appears to have descended straight from a mythological Viking yet shares his horse-herding passion with a winsome mutt; and a spunky, robust 81-year-old living with his girlfriend equally enamored with the breed and lifestyle. Domestic life and the beauty of Iceland’s wilderness...
The first in a program of documentaries about the world and connecting with separate cultures, Herd in Iceland is a story of the Scandinavian cowboy and their pride of their stock. The horses, purebred and uniquely Icelandic, are rounded up each year from the wild in a communal event reminiscent of a fairground, hot dogs and all. The caretakers range from a rural family whose daughter remarks that she doesn’t know what other people her age do in their free time considering how long she spends with the horses, riding and caring for them daily; a man who appears to have descended straight from a mythological Viking yet shares his horse-herding passion with a winsome mutt; and a spunky, robust 81-year-old living with his girlfriend equally enamored with the breed and lifestyle. Domestic life and the beauty of Iceland’s wilderness...
- 2/15/2014
- by Zach Lewis
- SoundOnSight
Top brass at the Miami International Film Festival have announced a roster of 42 non-competitive films that will screen in two categories during the festival, set to run from March 7-16.
The Cinema 360° selection includes Amma Asante’s Belle (pictured, UK), David Trueba’s Goya nominee Living Is Easy with Your Eyes Closed (Vivir Es Fácil Con Los Ojos Cerrados, Spain), Richie Mehta’s Siddharth (Canada-India), Witching & Bitching (Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi, Spain) by Álex de la Iglesia and Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive (Us).
Doc-You-Up entries include the North American premiere of Santiago Mitre and Juan Onofri Barbato’s Los Posibles (Argentina) and Michael Kleiman’s Web (Us).
The films join Juan José Campanella’s previously announced Latin American hit Foosball.
The full programme of films screening at the 31st Miami International Film Festival will be announced on January 29. For the full list of the 42 films visit the official website.
The Cinema 360° selection includes Amma Asante’s Belle (pictured, UK), David Trueba’s Goya nominee Living Is Easy with Your Eyes Closed (Vivir Es Fácil Con Los Ojos Cerrados, Spain), Richie Mehta’s Siddharth (Canada-India), Witching & Bitching (Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi, Spain) by Álex de la Iglesia and Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive (Us).
Doc-You-Up entries include the North American premiere of Santiago Mitre and Juan Onofri Barbato’s Los Posibles (Argentina) and Michael Kleiman’s Web (Us).
The films join Juan José Campanella’s previously announced Latin American hit Foosball.
The full programme of films screening at the 31st Miami International Film Festival will be announced on January 29. For the full list of the 42 films visit the official website.
- 1/14/2014
- ScreenDaily
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