Tag: FilmFest

International Films @ MAMI Fest


Swiss Army Man Winning the Best Director Award for Dan KWAN,Daniel Scheinert at Sundance Film festival.

A Movie starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and Paul Dano who was last seen in 12 years a slave.
Hank(Paul Dano) is stranded on a deserted island.Having given up all hopes of making it home again.But One day everything changes when a corpse named manny(Daniel Radcliffe) washes up the shores,The two become and go on epic adventures that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dream.
The movie was unexpectedly one of the best movie I Have watch of Daniel Radcliffe as its humorously,Well constructed movie set in a single location.    
 

Goodbye to language (Adieu Au LANGUAGE) By JEAN LUC GODARD French swiss film director,Screenwriter and film Critic,The man responsible for identifying with 1960s French film movement as the “New Wave” and was innovate in his style of storytelling.
Goodbye To language is an experimental 3D Film And the highlight of the film is two separation shots in which a single,unbroken shot splits into separate shots that can be viewed simultaneously through either the left or the right eye and returns to one single 3D Shot,Double exposure 3D images and shots with parallax that are difficult for the human eye to see.   

The Lure(ĆORKI DANCINGU) Directed by AGNIESZKA SMOCZYŃSKA her 1st feature film and she has executed it so well.
Two mermaids sister swim out of the sea into a Warsaw nightclub set in the 80s,They are wild,Sexy and hungry for life.And with human qualities one of the sister falls in love with A young Man and the sister bonds are tested when they are forced to take decisions . Another polish film that I watched and enjoyed as these ideas are so fresh.
 
The film also got a special jury Award at the 2016 Sundance Film Fest.

The Together Project(L’EFFET AQUATIQUE)

Samir a tall,lanky,in his 40s crane operator from Montreulli in the outskirts of Paris,falls head over heals in love with Agathe.
And discovers she is a swimming instructor and decides to join her classes (although he can swim perfectly) and a few lessons later she realises the real intentions for him to join the class and this is how they actually meet each other.
 
Winner of 2016 CANNES FILM FEST (Director Fortnight)  

The last and final article of my experience and MAMI Fest 2016 

Indian Selection at MAMI !!!


Autohead  Directed,Story and screenplay by Rohit Mittal.

 A story set in the suburbs of Mumbai,Where a documentary Filmmaker is documenting the life of an autorickshaw driver called Narayan.,As the filmmaker continues filming and documenting his life, he dig deeper into the auto rickshaw driver’s life and discover angst,Sexual frustration and paranoia.This changes the course of their film.
After the movie was completed it Impacted me so much that I was afraid you taking a journey back home in the auto rickshaw.

Madly
Six stories by six Filmmakers Telling each story of What “Madly” means to them by sharing stories on love.Friendship.Relations. 
Each short movie synopsis shared below.
Clean Shaven directed by Anurag Kashyap  (India )Trapped in a boring marriage with a restrictive, old-fashioned husband, a young housewife finds solace in a quasi-romantic friendship with her much-younger neighbour. Although this arrangement boosts her self-esteem, her husband continues to imprison her heart and body. Will she find the courage to break free?
Afterbirth Directed by Mia Wasikowska (Australia)
They say a mother’s love is the world’s strongest bond, but how can you give your baby your heart when you’re a young single mother who feels like your newborn is a stranger?
Dance Dance Dance Directed by Sebastián Silva (U.S.A.)
He’s just a normal Bronx teenager having fun breakdancing on the subway until his feeling for his best friend gets complicated. When his religious parents shun him after he announces he’s gay, he goes in search of compassion on the streets of New York.
Love Of Love Directed by Sion Sono (Japan)
A little sister has a secret she can’t wait to tell. Newly engaged, the youngest looks around the dinner table and wilts when she scrutinizes the passionless, vanilla marriages of her family members. Just when she refuses to let a wedding ring be the end of a hot love life, she’s coyly ushered into the playful world of a Tokyo sex club.
Love Of My Life Directed by Gael García Bernal(Argentina)
He’s in his forties; she’s in her twenties. Their relationship has always been a pendulum swinging between passion and ambivalence. Now that she’s expecting their first child, will the baby keep them together or tear them apart?
I Do Directed by Natasha Khan (U.K.)
Just in time for her wedding day, a young bride-to-be encounters a ghost from her past. She comes to welcome the encounter, allowing her to move forward with her new life.
Madly tells you how Mad we get with feeling that mean something 

Movies @ MAMI !! 

JIA ZHANGKE one of the Best Chinese Filmmaker,But one of the best filmmakers in the world too.Had not only his film screened at the festival,But also was present himself during the festival for a Q&A on his Films and his filmmaking journey.Two of his movies were screened during the week the festival was held “A Touch of Sin”(THAIN ZHU DING) and “Unknown Pleasures “(RÈN XIÃO YÁO) Two of his most popular work he is known for in his recent past.

I Managed to catch “A Touch of Sin” A story about 4 people, from 4 different provinces.An economic giant slowly eroded by giant,An angry miner revolting against the corruption of his village leaders,A migrant worker at home for NewYear discovers the infinite possibilities a firearm can offer.

A pretty receptionist is pushed to her limits when a rich client assaults her. And a young factory worker goes from one job to another to improve his lot in life.

The film Had the Story,Screenplay and Direction done by JIA ZHANGKE. Still Life(2006) won the director The Golden Lion award (Best Film)at the 63rd Venice International Film festival.Still Life tells the story of two people in search of their spouses.

“A Touch of Sin” has been my 1st Chinese film screening and it only mirrored the Chinese Autocratic,Communal culture while the story was being told.A Touch of sin would have been a moment of realisation,Had I missed the opportunity of not watching the film.

 Its difficult for me to comment on the directors style and other technical aspects for JIA Zhangke since this was the 1st film of mine of his which I viewed.

DREN ZHERKA a Debut director from Kosovo had his film ECHO(EHO) screened and witnessed by cinema buffs.

A story about A senior citizen woman involved in a car accident that results in the death of the victim Luan,Overcome by her Guilt she tries finding his family.The search leads her to ismet a 70 + father of laun.As days passes ismet tries to come in terms with the shocking news about his son and recalls the last moments spent with his son .Hanna the Senior Citizen woman has lost her husband and has not heard from her son,can easily understand the loss of ismet
The film that has a parallel storytelling sharing both the thoughts and struggle of both the characters is more story driven rather than dialouge driven.A serious movie to begin your day with,But also a story about two grandparents who have lost somebody and are finding it difficult to live with the fact of what they have lost.
JÉRÓME REYBAUD who’s film 4 Days in France was acknowledged as the Critics Choice at Venice International Film Critics 2016 was screened too. JÉRÓME 1st feature film to have Have not only being Directed,But the story and screenplay has been done by him

4 Days in France is about Pierre Tomas,Who leaves to travel through france.And as he is wandering around to find his lover Paul , he tries to find him through an app (Grindr)These two lovers try in their own ways,to find their way back to each other.

The film is an interesting take on how much these two struggle to find each other and how they finally meet each other.

This will be 3 Series Blog,Follow me to stay updated which are the remaining 7 movies I watched.