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9Jun

By YaronNo Comments

Review

The Last Stop

A review of Jong chak yeokFour young schoolgirls who are part of a photography club are given the task of taking a photo of the end of the world with old-fashioned cameras over their summer vacation. They come up with the idea to drive to the end of a train line to take the photos there. But the trip turns out differently than planned, as the end of the train line doesn't really look like the end of the world. Thus, their trip extends throughout the day, and the four friends wander through rural Korea - laughing, persistent, and inquisitive. Jong chak yeok is one of those kinds of films that - festival goers and skilled strays of the film landscape aside - most people are unaware of. Films with no real structure, no certain points in character development to check off, no real goal - a fi...

9Jun

By JohannaNo Comments

Review

The Last Days

A review to Last Days At Sea Sound of the sea and impressive nature shots. Many off-screen conversations, painted by other images. In Last Days At Sea, we join director and cinematographer Venice Atienza as the young Reyboy spends his last days at sea in his isolated village before moving to the city for secondary school. From the beginning, there is a feeling of family and comfort. The villagers welcome Venice openly and warmly, so that the audience also quickly feels at home. It is not the plot that is convincing in this film, but the observing. A feeling of summer and lightness arises. For a little over an hour, we escape from everyday city life and end up by the sea. Digging our feet into the sand, going for a swim, basking in the sun, eating Filipino cuisine and feeling the love and ...

9Jun

By ClaraNo Comments

Review

„You’ve always been there, you’ve never let me down. And you’ll always be my family“

A comment on La MifLoud arguments and fights, but also joyful table football games and conversations about their fears, sexuality and random things. "La Mif" portrays a group of young girls living together in a children's and youth care. Each has her own story and problems, but they all have one thing in common: they cannot live with their parents. The caretakers do their best to give them a safe home and have to deal with a lot of problems and difficulties on their way. Partly fictional, partly documentary, director and writer Fred Baillif tells about the life in a childrens care by showing the problems and emotions of each girl one by one and giving the story time to grow. In between, the storyline returns to Lora, the manager of the care, who tries to solve all the problems and do her ...

8Jun

By ehemaliges MitgliedNo Comments

Review

A Quiet Girl with A Strong Message

A comment on Una Escuela de Cerro HuesoEma's family stands out. They have white skin and are used to the life in a big city. Ema, the six-year-old dauthter, is not like the other children in her new school. Those who have read the film description already know: Ema has autism. A developmental disorder that is often revealed in social interaction and communication. However, this information is withheld from the audience until the last scene. Only then the autism is mentioned. In that way, director Betania Cappato creates an unprejudiced space in which the viewers can experience Ema's everyday life without any bias concerning her condition. Una Escuela de Cerro Hueso consists almost fragmentarily of segments, always separated by a few seconds of black screen: Ema in class, Ema at home, Em...

8Jun

By SarahNo Comments

Review

In Between Hazards and Happiness

A comment on Ensilumi.Fairytale summer days, children's laughter, a happy and ideal world. In Ensilumi, the idyll of summer and a family that loves each other dearly are confronted with reality, which inevitably and threateningly announces itself.Ramin's family lives in a very small space, in a one-room apartment - close together with other refugee families. It is only a temporary shelter which they stay at in hope to be granted permanent asylum in Finland. The parents are full of love for their children and try everything to make the situation as comfortable as possible for them. They try to shield them from the worries of impending deportation. But in just one room, this is not always easy. Even the bathroom is only separated from the living area by a small curtain and is the only place ...

7Jun

By ClaraNo Comments

Review

Shit happens!

A comment on Ninjababy23-year-old Rakel has a pretty normal life - she likes to party and enjoys the carefree lifestyle of a twentysomething. Until suddenly, out of nowhere, she finds out about being pregnant already in the 7th month. From one second to the other Rakel's life is turned upside down - instead of wondering what to eat today, where to party or what she wants to do with her life after dropping out of university, Rakel suddenly has to deal with finding the father and what to do after an unwanted pregnancy. Luckily, Rakel's roommate Ingrid and the aikido instructor Mos, who the two mistook for the father at first, support her on this emotional ride. Pregnancies of young people is definitely not a new topic in generation films. "Ninjababy", however, handles to find the perfect bal...

5Jun

By SarahNo Comments

Review

“The best we can hope for is being treated as zoo animals.”

A comment on Cryptozoo.Atmospheric, almost mystical sounds of a flugelhorn waft through the animated forest where two young adults pave their way for the beginning of this story. Soon they come across a fence. Is it a better life that’s waiting behind this fence? Perhaps even a utopia? In the “Cryptozoo" located behind this fence, Cryptids can live carefree. Cryptids are mythical creatures that often find their origins in Greek mythology. For example, there is a griffin, a combination of a lion and a bird of prey, as well as a manticore, a combination of a scorpion and a lion. Many of the Cryptids are half human, half mythical creatures. In the outside world, they are persecuted, murdered or exploited. According to the operators, Cryptozoo is a kind of "sanctuary," a place where Cryptids c...

23Feb

By ehemaliges MitgliedNo Comments

Interview

An interview with the team of "The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open"

MiaAfter one of the screenings of "The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open" I had the chance to sit down with actress Violet Nelson and directors Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn and talk about their movie, which is addressing a very important topic. fGR: How did you come up with the idea for the movie?EMT: So the film is inspired by an experience that I had and this experience was very similar to what happened in the film. We fictionalized a lot of it in the film but the experience is very similar to what you see in the film. I mean that encounter with this young woman forever changed me and I still think about her often. So anyway, I wanted to do something with the story and decided that I wanted to turn it into a film shot in real time so the audience would just sit wit...

19Feb

By ClaraNo Comments

Review

Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit

Claraeine Kritik zu „The Magic Life of V“ For English Version „The Magic Life of V“ begleitet Veera mehrere Jahre lang auf dokumentarische Form in ihrem Leben. Während man in den ersten Minuten nur verwirrt dem Geschehen auf der Leinwand folgt, in dem Veera an einem Real-Life Rollenspiel teilnimmt, versucht Demonen zu vetreiben, durch steinige Burgkorridore streift und Zauberformeln murmelt, erschließen sich dem Zuschauer im Laufe des Filmes immer mehr Hintergründe und Handlungsstränge. Ihre durch einen alkoholkranken und gewalttätigen Vater, den sie seit 15 Jahren nicht gesehen hat, ziemlich schwere Kindheit, oder die innige Beziehung zu ihrem Bruder, dessen geistige Entwicklung durch hohes Fieber in seiner früher Kindheit verlangsamt wurde. Man bekommt Einblick in die Gefühle von Veera u...

19Feb

By SarahNo Comments

Background, Interview

Interview with Xue Bai, director of»Guo Chun Tian« (»The Crossing«)

Vincent & SarahLast Thursday, Sarah and I had the chance to meet Xue Bai, director and screenwriter of this year's Generation 14plus contribution »Guo Chun Tian« (»The Crossing«) in her apartment.Freie Generation Reporter: Miss Bai, you grew up in the border city Shenzhen. How did you experience the divide of China and Hongkong when you were a child? How did this maybe change over time?Xue Bai: Good question. Actually, I was six years old when we moved to Shenzhen. The city is very close to Hongkong. There is just one river in between. We speak the same language, we eat the same food, we drink the same water. As a child, I listened music, watched movies and saw TV programs from Hongkong. So, for me there has always been a deeper connection instead of a divide.In 1997, Hongkong became a spe...