ÉCU2010: The Shorts

Before the films started, the owner of the Cinéma le Grand Action, an intense-looking woman with miraculous cheekbones and a stubborn, unwavering coiffure that could only have been coiffed here in Paris, took center-floor to speak. She was excited and gracious, and her energy zapped away my roly-poly wine catalepsy.
Well, enough pussyfooting. I’m going to [...]

ÉCU2010: Reaching Roise – Jessica Morris

I am tumbling through a rainbow of identification tags, frantically scouring for red – a red tag means a filmmaker. In my as yet futile hunt (not for lack of red tags, but rather for penetrable conversations), I overhear someone British. This is a plus, in that it means that the only language [...]

BEV2010: Ella es el Matador – Celeste Carrasco & Gemma Cubero del Barrio

Just heading out to watch Ella es el Matador was a bit of a challenge in itself. I have never understood the bloodshed of bullfighting nor will I ever find it entertaining. I was aware that many of the images I was about to see would probably upset me, however when I heard the title [...]

Requiem For Detroit?

I’ve just watched Julien Temple’s BBC film about the way Detroit has disappeared from thought and been reclaimed by nature and a new generation using nature to regenerate. It is a stunning piece of work from one of Britain’s best documentarians and filmmakers. Amazing archive footage, stunning music and fascinating interviews.
If you are in the [...]

DN SXSW10: His & Hers – Ken Wardrop

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It’s been a long time coming but I’ve finally packed the DN bags, jumped on a plane and hit the indie directors’ favourite film festival, South by Southwest, or SXSW for those in the know. We open up with an interview for a film I originally saw at last [...]

His & Hers – Ken Wardrop

His & Hers (2009)
A 90-year-old love story told through the collective voice of 70 ladies at different stages of their lives.
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Djemba, a Boy from Kibera

Touching documentary, beautifully shot on a Canon 5D.
This film was made to coincide with the launch of Megaslumming, the new book by Share The World’s Resources that was launched in Kenya in January 2010. The film vividly portrays some of the realities of poverty for the residents of Kibera – Kenya’s most notorious shantytown, and [...]

Memory Marathon

On Saturday 7 November 2009, artist Simon Pope completed a 26-mile walk through London’s five Olympic boroughs accompanied, on his 12-hour journey, by over 100 local residents.
Memory Marathon is a filmic record of that day.

If you want to learn more about Memory Marathon visit the official website, where you can find out where the film [...]

Chatroulette – 71% Male, 15% Female, 14% Pervert

Oh come now, don’t pretend you have no idea what Chatroulette is or that you haven’t been tempted to fire up the web cam – that’s if you haven’t already, are you in the 14%?
Humorous, inventive short doc about the service that’s fast eating up Internet hours around the globe.

chat roulette from Casey Neistat on [...]

Pequeñas Voces (Born Under Fire)

Jairo Eduardo Carrillo’s animated feature documentary Pequeñas Voces (Born Under Fire), based on his award winning short Pequeñas Voces, tells the stories of Colombian children who have seen their lives disrupted by the violence and destruction of the guerrilla war in Columbia. Carrillo uses the voices, paintings and drawings made by the displaced children themselves [...]