The 2009 Festival do Rio was not just a film festival in the strict sense of the word. In addition to the crowded screenings, the competitive and the non-competitive, the frenzy around a particular film, and interviews with directors, producers, actors and sales agents who came from around the world, the festival reached its 11th edition by leaving another somewhat atypical trademark, but one of great importance: the celebration of life.
So it was, for example, every night at the door of (…)
♦ Introduction
This blog is a place for all contributors of Nisimazine to continue to write, photograph, make video and discuss cinema together after the workshops. An extension of the magazine, this is a free space to keep sharing new insights and experiences through reviews, essays, quotes, interviews and festival reports. You can join any conversation by posting comments. So…, let’s go !
Thursday 8 October 2009Editorial Nisimazine Rio #7
By Sabrina Fidalgo (Brazil), 8 October 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en] [pt]
Tuesday 6 October 2009Editorial Nisimazine Rio #6
By Zsuzsanna Kiràly (Austria), 6 October 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en] [pt]
Networking in film festivals takes place at the pavilion of the film market, at the premieres, at parties and in the queue for buying a snack. As every festival-goer has a special purpose for attending, the conversations are not only but mostly concentrated on exchanging ideas and information. During this exchange, new ideas are generated, deals made, friendships formed and cultivated. People will also be talking about the latest films seen and give an opinion on them, being reminded every (…)
Sunday 4 October 2009Editorial Nisimazine Rio #5
By Dominika Uhrikova (Slovakia), 4 October 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en] [pt]
I spent more than three quarters of an hour in the cab. While I was getting to Botafogo, trying to decipher what the driver was saying in Portuguese about his eleven-year-old filhinha Beatris and shutting my eyes whenever he drove through red lights at 50 mph, I kept asking myself why on earth I had decided, on my first stay in Rio, to see Soul at Peace (Pokoj v duši), a feature made by my compatriot and premiered earlier this year, instead of some Brazilian flick that might never be shown (…)
Friday 2 October 2009Editorial Nisimazine Rio #4
By Mary Carmen Molina (Bolivia), 2 October 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en] [pt]
When it comes to dealing with issues of sexual identity, cinema seems to be one of the spaces in which these identities are constructed with more intensity. Among the sections of the Festival do Rio, I found Gay World, an eclectic gathering of 12 feature films and documentaries from all around the globe.
What do these 12 productions really have in common? At first glance, the answer seems natural: they have gay themes. However, today the question is tricky and a natural response is, (…)
What do these 12 productions really have in common? At first glance, the answer seems natural: they have gay themes. However, today the question is tricky and a natural response is, (…)
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