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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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Kabuli Kid’s neorealist taxi

In present-day Kabul, a woman abandons her newborn baby on the back seat of Khaled’s taxi. This is the opening scene of Barmak Akram’s Kabuli Kid, a journey across the Afghan capital in search of...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week | France

Valkeapää brings beguiling Visitor to the Lido

Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää’s debut feature The Visitor screened to an enthusiastic public in the Venice fest sidebar Venice Days. Mysterious and sparse, the film centres on the unnamed Boy (Vitali...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Finland

Mograbi’s musical documentary breaks the silence

Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi’s documentary, Z32, is a sophisticated and collaborative work, produced by France’s Les Films d'Ici with backing from the CNC. After making Avenge But One of My Eyes...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Horizons | Israel-France

Nostalgia and psychological horror in Avati’s Giovanna’s Father

Love and friendship are the "background noise" (in the director’s own words) to the films of Pupi Avati, who turns 70 in three months. On the Lido, the director presents Giovanna’s Father, which...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition | Italy

Near the Coliseum is... Monicelli

After Manoel de Oliveira (besides opening short Do Visìvel ao Invìsivel, in the last few days the equally short – and previously unreleased (although made 50 years ago) – Romance de Vila do Conde...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Out of competition

Claire Denis’ special affect

Claire Denis – a regular at the Venice Film Festival since Good Work and Friday Night – returns to the Lido. “My association with Venice has been very fortunate”, explained the French director,...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Out of competition/France

The Other One: The magical number two

After Barbet Schroeder’s Inju, the second French film in competition at the Venice Film Festival is appropriately titled The Other One. The film is also the second feature for the cinema by...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/France

Hooked hooks audience at its world premiere

A prolific shorts filmmaker with a number of television projects to his name, Romanian director Adrian Sitaru’s enigmatic feature debut Hooked was very well received at its public screening today....  

30/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Romania

A Country Teacher begins international tour

Czech cinema returns to the Venice International Film Festival with Bohdan Slama's third film, A Country Teacher, screening in the Venice Days section. After Venice, A Country Teacher heads to...  

30/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days

Ferzan Ozpetek’s destructive love

The first Italian film to screen in competition at the Venice Film Festival, Ferzan Ozpetek’s A Perfect Day – adapted from Melania Mazzucco’s eponymous novel – is pure tragedy. An intense love...  

30/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Italy

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