By Sophia Stewart for Women and Hollywood
Jessica Oreck is a writer and director. Her first film, “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo,” was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2010 and aired on PBS’ “Independent Lens” series, as well as playing theatrically around the world. Since then, her credits have included ” “Venus,” “Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys,” and “The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga.” Continue reading Meet Jessica Oreck – “One man dies a million times”
Talking about Satyajit Ray and his cinema in a very short span is really difficult. He is no doubt a complete artist and one who is a master in so many different aspects of cinema and culture.
Realism in Satyajit Ray’s cinema is the very first of its kind in the context of Indian cinema. Earlier mostly cinematic expressions were borrowed heavily from theatre and also literature.
Ray was one of the first who showed how to evolve a cinematic language which is distinct from theatre and literature. Continue reading Acting in Satyajit Ray,s cinema
Mother
Aleksandr Myskin
Russia. 2019. 12 min
Disabled Katya and her mother moved in a new apartment. After a quarrel Katya break an ampoule with medicine. Later she founds out that she can stand on her legs. Then Katya discovers, that all these years mother poisoning her. She decided to escape. To be saved she injects a big amount of medicine into mothers back.
ALEKSANDR MYSKIN
Alexander Myskin was born in Pyt’-Yakh. He got a qualification as a translator in business communications in 2010. Aleksandr graduated Omsk State Technical University, course of Information Technology in Media Industry. He worked as a designer in an advertising agency and lectured in Omsk State Technical University. In 2017 he got into Industry Film School.
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Ekaterina Rusakovich : ekaterina@eastwood.agency
Dummy
Nikita Vlasov
Russia. 2019. 12 min
Timofey’s bride is on a mine. Now only his mother, who is a military sapper, can help her. However she can not accept the choice of her son.
NIKITA VLASOV
Nikita Vlasov was born in Voronezh. He got a diploma of an economist, after that he worked in Bank VTB 24. One day he came to senses and resigned. Moved to Moscow, where he graduated from the State Institute of Cinematography (as known as VGIK), Screenwriting and Film History Department (course of Yurij Arabov). However he’s understood, that he wants not only to tell stories, but also to show them. He entered the Industry Film School at the Directing Department.
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Ekaterina Rusakovich : ekaterina@eastwood.agency
Omar and Us
Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Turkey. 2019. 102 min
Ismet recently retired from his work as Commander of the Coast Guard. Now a civilian, he struggles to communicate with his family and the people around him. His only son has left for the U.S and now his wife wants to join him. When two Syrian refugees, Omar and Mariye, come to live in his neighborhood, near the Turkish-Greek border, Ismet finds himself facing his prejudices and his political views.
MARYNA ER GORBACH – MEHMET BAHADIR ER
Mehmet Bahadır Er received his undergraduate degree on cinema-TV from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University where he took classes from Metin Erksan, Duygu Sağıroğlu and Memduh Ün. He received many important awards from Antalya Golden Orange, Adana Golden Boll, Ankara Film Festival, IFSAK, Istanbul Independent Films Festival, and Sony Entertainment with the films which he directed. He currently works as director and producer to feature films, TV series and commercials.
Maryna Er Gorbach is a film director from Ukraine. She studied in Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University for Theater, Cinema and Television. After her graduation she directed a weekly documentary for ICTV of 30 episodes. She received her graduate degree in Poland, from the Oscar recipient director Andrzej Wajda‘s university as his student. She directed films based on Psychological Gesture Technique for acting which were selected for many prestigious festivals such as Berlin, Rotterdam, Montreal, Tokyo, New York, and Stockholm, and received awards. Mehmet Bahadır Er and Maryna Er Gorbach made their first feature film “Black Dogs Barking” ( Kara Köpekler Havlarken) in 2009.
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Mehmet Bahadir Er : mehmetbahadirer@gmail.com
Jurgis Matulevičius’s Isaac, although shot, for the most part, in gorgeous black and white, and dealing with the theme of post-war guilt, is not simply another Ida. The movie revolves around the infamous Lietūkis Garage Massacre and has many surprises up its sleeve. We spoke to the director to find out more. Continue reading Jurgis Matulevicius, Director of Isaac
The Abode. Who are we?
Eleonora Tukhareli
Russia, France. 2019. 53 min
Solovetsky Monastery was built in 15th century. It’s a sacral place, in its history Holiness and tragedy was merged, unity with God and the terrible challenges of the special purpose camp. This is a place where today everyone is looking for an answer to the main question who I am. The main character of the film goes there to shoot his documentary, and everything starts to go wrong.
ELEONORA TUKHARELI
Ella Tukhareli is a documentary filmmaker, born and raised in Saratov, where she graduated from the faculty of philosophy of the Saratov State University. Now she works as the main Director of “United Media Group“. Her films are winners of Russian and international festivals.
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Ekaterina Rusakovich : ekaterina@eastwood.agency
“This article was originally published on Cinemaazi“, by Amitava Akash Nag.
Contrary to common knowledge, Satyajit Ray,s Pather Panchali was not India,s first neo-realistic film. Amitava Nag looks at the film that was- and it,s pioneering film-maker. Continue reading Chinnamul: The first indian attempt at neo-realism
Her Wish
Yukiko Mishima
Japan. 2019. 12 min
Haruna, a teenager, hates her mother. The reason is the tofu shop that she runs and the cause of the multiple gossips at school about her. One day the mother falls seriously ill and has to be admitted to the hospital.
YUKIKO MISHIMA
Yukiko Mishima is a director and writer, known for Kowareta Heart wo Urimono ni (2015), Shiawase no pan (2012) and Budô no namida (2014).
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Nobuhito Hayashi : n-hayashi@amg-e.co.jp
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