But Now Is Perfect will screen at Washington University’s Brown Hall Saturday, Nov 16 at 8:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. This is a Free event.
On the run from an arranged marriage with an elderly man, Becky arrives in Europe — via Libya — from her native country of Nigeria. Becky could scarcely have dreamed that she would find herself in Riace, a mountain village in Southern Italy’s Calabria region — a town that has become world famous because of flamboyant Mayor Domenico Lucano’s open-door policy for immigrants. Through the eyes of Becky and her fellow villagers, “But Now Is Perfect” documents how the aging members of the shrinking Italian community embrace the new, mostly African arrivals, with close friendships forming and lives becoming increasingly connected. But the idyll doesn’t last: Unhappy with the Riace project, the regional authorities exert political pressure on the mayor,...
On the run from an arranged marriage with an elderly man, Becky arrives in Europe — via Libya — from her native country of Nigeria. Becky could scarcely have dreamed that she would find herself in Riace, a mountain village in Southern Italy’s Calabria region — a town that has become world famous because of flamboyant Mayor Domenico Lucano’s open-door policy for immigrants. Through the eyes of Becky and her fellow villagers, “But Now Is Perfect” documents how the aging members of the shrinking Italian community embrace the new, mostly African arrivals, with close friendships forming and lives becoming increasingly connected. But the idyll doesn’t last: Unhappy with the Riace project, the regional authorities exert political pressure on the mayor,...
- 11/14/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reason by Indian director Anand Patwardhan won the Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 31st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (14-25 November). The film, told in eight parts, charts the rise of religious and nationalist fundamentalism in Indian society.
At the prestigious European doc festival, Los Reyes by Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff won the Idfa Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary. The First Motion Of The Immovable by Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva picked up the Idfa Award for Best First Appearance, and opening film Kabul, City In The Wind by Aboozar Amini won the Idfa Special Jury Award for First Appearance. The winners were revealed last night [Wednesday 21 November].
Select winners below:
Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
Best feature-length documentary
Reason
Special Jury Award for feature-length documentary
Los Reyes
Idfa Competition for First Appearance
Best first appearance
Giacinto Scelsi.
At the prestigious European doc festival, Los Reyes by Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff won the Idfa Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary. The First Motion Of The Immovable by Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva picked up the Idfa Award for Best First Appearance, and opening film Kabul, City In The Wind by Aboozar Amini won the Idfa Special Jury Award for First Appearance. The winners were revealed last night [Wednesday 21 November].
Select winners below:
Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
Best feature-length documentary
Reason
Special Jury Award for feature-length documentary
Los Reyes
Idfa Competition for First Appearance
Best first appearance
Giacinto Scelsi.
- 11/22/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Reason by Indian director Anand Patwardhan won the main prize.
The main prizes have been announced at the 31st International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam.
Reason by Indian director Anand Patwardhan won the Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary, The film, sold internationally by Cinephil, examines the rise of fascism in Indian society, as secular rationalists are hunted down when they attempt to stem the rising tide of religious and nationalist fundamentalism.
In their statement, the jury members praised “the epic storytelling of the rise of the far right in one of the most populated countries of this planet, the violence of...
The main prizes have been announced at the 31st International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam.
Reason by Indian director Anand Patwardhan won the Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary, The film, sold internationally by Cinephil, examines the rise of fascism in Indian society, as secular rationalists are hunted down when they attempt to stem the rising tide of religious and nationalist fundamentalism.
In their statement, the jury members praised “the epic storytelling of the rise of the far right in one of the most populated countries of this planet, the violence of...
- 11/21/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
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