By Freddy Gelati-Meinert Director: Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang’s films are not just films, they are cultural events. Famed for repeatedly directing the blockbusters which China sits down to in their collective 1.3 billion to ring in the […]
Month: June 2017
Interview translated by Lyn-Kateri Visedsuk Watch Fathers on FilmDoo Tackling a subject oft-neglected by cinema in general but Southeast Asian cinema in particular, Palatpol Mingpornpichit’s Fathers is the sweetly simple tale of gay couple Phoon (Asda Panichkul) and Yuke (Nat Sakdatorn), their […]
By Jessica Duncanson Director: Mark Wilshin East End Film Festival 2017 review This intimate first feature by director Mark Wilshin presents two men at very different but equally crucial stages in their lives. Michael is […]
By David Pountain Deconstructing gender roles against a backdrop of pervasive prejudice and legal persecution, Hassene Belaïd’s short drama N’sibi is a welcome anomaly of Algerian cinema that sees a revelatory meeting between the young […]
By Jessica Duncanson Director: David France East End Film Festival 2017 review Director David France positioned himself as a crucial LGBT documentary filmmaker with his first film, the remarkable AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague. Now, […]
Director: Palatpol Mingpornpichit Watch Fathers on FilmDoo Palatpol Mingpornpichit’s Fathers is a gentle drama of emotionally loaded issues, seemingly crafted under the notion that the best way to get your argument across is to say it with inviting clarity and warmth. […]