newsletter #6
Kaunas international Film Festival 2012
Photography has been a key issue on display in the program of /Kaunas International Film Festival /this//year. The selection clearly identifies different perspectives, ideas and approaches on the issue and we could not just ignore this fact. That is qhy on this 6^th issue of Nisimazine Kaunas we decided to cover Brazilian sensation /Neighboring Sounds,/ one of the last films ever to be shot on classic Technicolor style; look deep down through the viewfinder to learn more about a documentary on legendary Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn; and we met up with young Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça.
Neighbouring Sounds
Interview: Kleber Mendonça
Interview by Sami Pöyry (Finland)
Neighboring Sounds is a breath of fresh air in Brazilian cinema. What at first looks like another crime film turns out to be an intelligent and exciting view of the Brazil’s fast-changing cityscape. We sat down with the director Kleber Mendoça Filho to talk about his debut feature. READ MORE
Anton Corbijn Inside out
Review by Vaide. Legotaite. (Lithuania)
“Ask the beast and it will teach thee, and the birds Once upon a time there was this boy in the Brazilian city of Recife. He used to climb high into the trees and stone walls till he was shot down. This true fact is intertextually used in this contemporary urban story that reminds us about differences between particular societies and, even more, particular systems. But heroes are not about breaking boundaries. Heroes are about encouraging people fixing dysfunctional rules. READ MORE
Review by *Donata Juskelyte**(Lithuania)*
A man lying on a sofa shares his sense of loneliness, unhappiness and opens up his family wounds, as if the camera was his psychiatrist. In this documentary film, /Anton Corbijn: Inside/ / out,/ there is also another side of the story: the outside of inspirations, passion for music and acquaintance with celebrities. Who is that man behind this chaotic portrait? READ MORE