2 Jun 2009 1
Written by Grace Pattison
Megumi was granted Special Mentions at this year’s LIDF. This touching docu-fiction about the disappearance of a 13-year old Japanese girl screens at Barbican on June 24 at 20:30. To book tickets, click here.
To read our interview with the director, Mirjan van Veelen, click here. For a film review, click here.
1 Apr 2009 0
Written by Kelly Robinson
Palna is an orphanage in India where two girls, Devi and Stuti, were taken temporarily, before being adopted by a couple from Finland. We follow everyday life of Devi and her adoptive parents, as they gradually progress with Stuti’s adoption.
27 Mar 2009 0
Written by Katharina Chase
Voices Across the Wall is unlike anything you’ll ever see. More revealing than any BBC political commentary, this stunning piece gives a balanced and evocative picture of the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli struggle. The haunting piano soundtrack will reverberate the thoughts and images depicted in the film through you long after its end. It feels like we are there with the director…
27 Mar 2009 0
Written by Grace Pattison
In Voices Across the Wall, through a series of personal accounts of the day-to-day impact of conflict and occupation, Sam Liebmann attempts to reveal some of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict complexities, often unseen by the outside world. He tells Kamila Kuc about his reasons behind making the film
26 Mar 2009 0
Written by Chrysanthi Nigianni
“I filmed the elephant man, the dwarf, a giant, a pair of lobster people, the half woman, a clown and a jumble of jug band musicians. On tour in a 20-year old school bus, travelling 2500 miles across America, the ‘freaks’ worked their way through the wild west. Laughing, crying and drinking – a carnival of the damned – searching for a home…” wrote Richard Butchins, the disabled director himself.
