BRIMSTONE & GLORY
The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is a site of festivity unlike any other in the world. In celebration of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town for ten days. Artisans show off their technical virtuosity, up-and-comers create their own rowdy, lofi combustibles, and dozens of teams […]
No Bed Of Roses
SHEIKH JACKSON
HUMAN FLOW
AFTER THE WAR
Bologna, 2002. The opposition to the Labor Law explodes in universities. The murder of a judge reopens old political wounds between Italy and France. Marco, a former left-wing activist, sentenced for murder and exiled in France for 20 years, thanks to the Mitterrand doctrine, is accused of having ordered the attack. The Italian government requests […]
ARRHYTHMIA
BREATHE
CORPORATE
Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Ressources, working for a huge French agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated to her job, she is a good soldier, ready to put ruthless methods of management into practice to meet the higher-ups’ requirements. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in […]
THE INSULT
While renovating the facade of a building in Beirut, Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, clash over a silly plumbing issue. A shouting argument ensues and Yasser ends up insulting Toni. Hurt in his dignity, Toni decides to file a complaint. They are rapidly stuck in an infernal spiral. A long and […]
The Music Of Silence
Talent against disability. An occasional fact of life, generating endless stories. The latest feature by British director Michael Radford, well-known for his literary adaptations including fellow Englishman George Orwell’s 1984, is a melodramatic celebration of human willpower, strengthened by an overwhelming desire to assert itself, and a determination to confront its limitations and others’ doubts. […]