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Entries Tagged as 'cinema'

FESTIVAL “CINEMA DEL REALE ” Specchia / Italie JE VEUX DEVENIR REALIZATRICE

August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Specchia 2008: Festa del Cinema del Reale:
je suis invitées, mais je n’ai pas de film dans ma valise, je suis ici au nom de NewsLab
et je profite de cette occasion pour voir ce qu’il veut faire aujourd’hui des documentaires
maintenant que j’ai décidé de faire de la mise en scène mon métier
mais en vérité peu incertaine

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Trains and Nostalgia: Il Passaggio Della Linea by Pietro Marcello

August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Il Passaggio Della Linea (2007) is a documentary by director Pietro Marcello, which was shown last week at the Cinema Del Reale festival in Puglia, Italy. I saw it after the hour I spent waiting at Miggiano station, after I arrived (by train) in Puglia, and after my friend told me about the overnight train […]

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Cinema del Reale

July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is a small film of snatched moments from late-night screenings of Italian documentary archives, in the courtyard of Castello Risolo at the Cinema del Reale festival in Puglia last week.

I like the old music and the whispering people, and the little girl who ran down the aisle and scampered out again. The films crackled […]

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Mamma Mia, here I go again!!!

July 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last summer, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters were in the Greek islands of Skopelos and Skiathos, as well as Pilio for the filming of the movie “Mama Mia!.” Considered as one of the most successful musicals of the past decades, “Mama Mia!,” which premiered in London in 1999 and is responsible […]

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Stars parade in Cannes

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments


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Cannes: La reine du cinema

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments


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Moufida Tlatli, “La Marraine”

May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Tunisienne, Moufida Tlatli, la marraine du Pavillon « Les cinémas du Sud », est une femme dévouée au cinéma. Issue d’une famille traditionaliste, elle a découvert le cinéma grâce à son professeur de philosophie. Mais, le succès n’a pas été rapide. Depuis 20 ans avant d’entreprendre une carrière de réalisatrice, Moufida Tlatli a travaille au montage de […]

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Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki in News Lab

May 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Especially for Lelia

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“Une affaire de nègres ”

May 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

En 2000, à Cameroun, le commandement opérationnel d’une unité spéciale pour lutter contre le banditisme a fait, en un an plus, d’un millier de victimes dans la région Douala à l’Ouest du pays africain. Osvalde Lewat, réalisatrice du Cameroun, raconte cette histoire terrible dans son dernier documentaire  « une affaire de nègres ». Elle s’interroge sur la […]

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Madonna : Part Two

May 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

She was among the glamorous stars who walked along the famous red carpet. Madonna was in town for Cannes Festival to present her documentary about Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, (as she says), whose beats are beginning to fade away because of AIDS. She attended the film’s premiere in diamonds and a glittering Channel […]

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