Jan Svěrák presented Kooky at the 24th edition of the Finále Festival. The day before the closing ceremony, we collected some information about the technique, the universe and the meaning of this modern puppets fairytale. At that time, he didn’t know he would gain the most prestigious awards of the festival.
Jan Sverák is one of the most successful directors in Czech Republic. He owns more awards than he actually directed films. Here in the Finále Czech films festival, the trend seems to go on (…)
♦ 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 !
Friday 29 April 2011Interview of Jan Svěrák, director of Kooky
By Olivier Croughs (Belgium), 29 April 2011 | Finale Plzeň 2011 |Translations: [en]
Innocence, by Jan Hřebejk
By Olivier Croughs (Belgium), 29 April 2011 | Finale Plzeň 2011 |Translations: [en]
In this sinners world, what would be more irreconcilable than innocence and human nature ? A pretty easy Judeo-Christian statement to make. Nonetheless it turned out to be the major axis of the last Jan Hrebejk’s feature film. Putting things this way might give a simple and yet, non-impressive picture of it. Fortunately, Innocence is more about the how than the what.
In the Prague suburb, Tomas seems to live the perfect middle-class life among a smiling advertising-type family. He took his (…)
In the Prague suburb, Tomas seems to live the perfect middle-class life among a smiling advertising-type family. He took his (…)
Wednesday 27 April 2011Cartoon Movie 2011
By Vincent Bitaud (France), 27 April 2011 | Cartoon Movie |Translations: [en]
Nisimazine was at Cartoon Movie 2011 in Lyon, France. Cartoon Movie is a forum for european animation films.
We met there 4 young filmmakers speaking about their current projects :
Julien Lilti (FR) and Simon Rouby (FR) are telling us about Adama, a movie following the journey of a 12 years old african kid through europe at war.
Tibor Banoczki (HU) and Gavin Humphries (UK) present The Jungle, an adaptation of the 1906 book by Upton Sinclair.
A report by Vincent Bitaud.
Sunday 24 April 2011Johann Lurf
By Mario Kozina (Croatia), 24 April 2011 | Diagonale 2011 |Translations: [en]
Photo by Vladimir Kanic Kana
Saturday 16 April 2011Peter Tscherkassky
By Carlos Fidel Intriago Zambrano (Ecuador), 16 April 2011 | Diagonale 2011 |Translations: [en]
Still from "Coming Attractions" (2010)
Friday 15 April 2011Melancholy, adolescence and the Italian touch. All the Suns, Philippe Claudel’s successful gamble
By Pierre–Anthony Canovas (France), 15 April 2011 | Free section |Translations: [en]
Award-winning French writer Philippe Claudel proves that a good author can also be a good director. His second movie All the Suns depicts with charm, optimism and originality the doubts of an Italian widower and father in Strasbourg.
Without a doubt, it’s the good surprise of the week. All the Suns, (Tous les Soleils) is a delightful comedy, the kind of film that lightens your day. I am not writing this out of pure kindness or exaggeration. The reason is simpler. I must confess that I (…)
Without a doubt, it’s the good surprise of the week. All the Suns, (Tous les Soleils) is a delightful comedy, the kind of film that lightens your day. I am not writing this out of pure kindness or exaggeration. The reason is simpler. I must confess that I (…)
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