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65 articles available in total starting from 30/06/2008. Last article published on 08/09/2008.

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Collardey explores rural world in L’apprenti

Samuel Collardey’s L’apprenti (“The Apprentice”) combines documentary and fiction to tell the story of 15-year-old protagonist Mathieu. The latter is a student in an agricultural institute and is...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/France

Grey-haired humour has the Lido in stitches

The Italian contingent is very large this year on the Lido, with each section having several Italian titles. The Critics’ Week is no different, with Pippo Mezzapesa’s Sogno di una morte di mezza...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/Italy

Aprahamian’s Broken Lines wholly engaging

Yet another very enthusiastic response greeted the ninth Venice Days title on the Lido, Broken Lines, the feature debut by acclaimed television and theatre director Sallie Aprahamian. The film...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/UK

Kafkaesque atmosphere in Schroeter’s That Night

A first-time contender for the Golden Lion (although a regular at international festivals and former award-winner at the Berlinale with Palermo or Wolfsburg), Germany’s Werner Schroeter presents...  

02/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition

Haile Gerima returns to the past to look to the future

African film has for some time been all but excluded from selections and above all from prize lists at most international festivals. Selected in competition at the Venice Film Festival, Haile...  

02/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Ethiopia-Germany-France

Crialese’s “children” grow up in moving documentary

Camille d’Arcimoles’ medium-length documentary Che Saccio (which literally means “what do I know?” in Sicilian) palpably touched audiences today for its intimate, honest portrayal of two young...  

02/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Italy

Verheyde’s autobiographical Stella shines bright

Yet another standing ovation from Venice Days audiences, this time for Sylvie Verheyde’s third feature film, Stella. The actress-screenwriter-director turned to her childhood for inspiration, to...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/France

Bechis explores land of dispossessed in Birdwatchers

"We just want a chance to survive". Eliane Juca da Silva didn’t hold back the tears before journalists who had just applauded Marco Bechis’s film Birdwatchers. Eliane stars in the film and belongs...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Italy

Venice’s got Milk

Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu’s Milk, the second part in a proposed trilogy, is the Turkish feature in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year. The co-production between Turkey,...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition

A Country Teacher hits the Lido

Bohdan Slamá’s third feature film, A Country Teacher, perceptibly moved audiences after its public screening tonight, earning a long applause and a standing ovation. The story about a gay,...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Czech Republic

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