El Black Movie desvela la programación de su edición número 24

por Muriel Del Don

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El Black Movie desvela la programación de su edición número 24

Onde fica esta rua ? ou Sem antes nem depois, de João Pedro Rodrigues y João Rui Guerra da Mata

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The latest edition of the International Black Movie Independent Film Festival, which is unspooling in Geneva from 20 to 29 January, will offer its loyal public a succession of fascinating productions hailing from upwards of 50 countries. It’s a scintillating explosion of 91 independent films, consisting of 51 feature films and 40 shorts, and including 54 Swiss premieres. As emphasised by Maria Watzlawick, the festival’s artistic director: "These men and women directors, these modern-day court jesters, have got it all worked out. Daring to depict the world as they perceive it with their artistic sensibility and without filters or right-thinking, these directors present the various facets of the magnificent yet troubling kaleidoscope that is our planet".

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As in previous years, Black Movie is dividing its enthralling selection into themed sections: To Be Followed… (a best-of of independent filmmakers adored by the festival), Live! (recounting young people’s lives in an increasingly complex and angst-inducing world), Unleashed (an ode against the patriarchy), UFOs (eight works which explore and tear down concepts of genre), Memento Mori (a reflection on our relationship with death), Pagan East (offering up folk films from Central and Eastern Europe), Spasms (inviting viewers along to three nocturnal rendezvous) and Black Movie for Kids.

Festivalgoers will be re-introduced to familiar names, such as – to only name the European ones among them – Portuguese talents João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata (who, in addition to delivering a highly anticipated masterclass on 23 January, will be presenting two films, Where Is This Street? Or With No Before Or After [+lee también:
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A special focus will also be placed on Iranian filmmakers, notably via screenings of How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish by Mania Akbari, The House of Forgetfulness by Farhad Ghodsi and Sahand Sarhaddi, and Alone by Jafar Najafi.