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Critica

I´m Still Here by Cassey Affleck

An actor willing to have a go behind the camera is definitely not a new phenomenon.
Throughout film history this has been a common trend, sometimes paving the way to the conception of true filmmaking legends, while others only to satisfy larger-than-life egos, often with disastrous results.
Cassey Affleck`s first endeavor into filmmaking, I´m Still Here, is a special case though, as it does not really qualify into any of those two categories.

Song of Tomorrow (Framtidens Melodi) by Jonas Bergergard and Jonas Holmstrom

This year`s competition program at Estoril Film Festival has been somewhat disappointing, with a considerable number of selected films failing to impress. Fortunately, as it tends to happen at this sort of events, there are always some happy exceptions, and no other more impressive then Song of Tomorrow.

In the shadows (Im Shatten) by Thomas Arsland

Modern Germanic cinema has slowly broken down the typical stereotype of the German as a cold, ruthless and disciplined figure. You only need to think of masterpieces like Goodbey Lenin, The Life of Others or Das Experiment to realize that the new Germany is drown in emotion. This has made it tremendously successful internationally, but has left some of us rather nostalgic.

Dad (Oka) by Vlado Skanfar

Vlado Skanfar contribution to the world of visual arts in Slovenia is unquestionable, not only due to his documentary and short film productions, but perhaps most prominently because for his part in creating the Slovenska Kinoteka, which created the conditions for a considerable jump forward in local cinema.

Despite his undeniably merits, his first venture into the world of long features, Dad, is a strange and confusing voyage.

Reverse Motion de Andrey Stempkovsky

Russia has been the source of some of the most striking and exciting film experiments ever made. The technical impact of soviet montage, masterpieces like Battleship Potemkin or the recent success of Andrei Konchalovsky´s House of Fools and Bekmambetov´s Nightwatch are only a few examples of how much Russian cinema has given back to the world of film.
But like with every other great film nation everyonce and a while tragedy strikes.

And also Life of Fish, Gesher, West is West, Wasteland, Tears of Gaza and China: the Empire of Art.

FOCUS

Estoril´s Confusing Answer

The Portuguese film festival circuit is overloaded with offers, covering most tastes and sensibilities and indirectly disguising the obvious limitations of the local film industry, still waiting for that big push which will open it to new and greater heights. Quantity rarely means quality though, and Estoril seems to be very much aware of that fact.

Animation in Focus

While the success of American animations is defining new standards, something interesting is happening in other parts of the world. Some animators are going back to their origins by replacing the same new technologies with a more classical approach, and by doing so achieving completely different results.

INTERVIEW

Pedro Lino é um dos mais bem sucedidos jovens animadores do país. Ainda a digerir o sucesso internacional da curta “O Homem da Cabeça de Papelão”, lança agora mais uma película sobre a vida do primeiro rei de Portugal.

Eduardo de la Serna, Lucas Marcheggiano and Adriana Yurcovich`s El Ambulante tells the story of Daniel Burmeister, an Argentinean filmmaker that is redefining the concept of Low-budget filmmaking. I spoke to the directors to understand how three people can direct one film and much more.

Danis Tanovic is one of Eastern Europe’s most successful filmmakers. Since the release, in 2001, of the influential black comedy No Man´s Land, he has become a reference in the war genre, offering a fresh vision on the subject. His new movie, Cirkus Colombia, is the latest excursion on the impact of war in everyday life, always with an unmistakable touch of irony.