Nakom is the first movie produced in Ghana’s Kusaal language, made by directorial duo T.W. Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris after the former’s Peace Corps stint in the village of Nakom. Filmed in Nakom and starring non-actor villagers, the film follows Iddrisu (Jacob Ayanaba) as his father’s death forces him away from the modernized world of a med student and back to his farming village home.
Thanks to the non-actor cast and no-nonsense direction, it’s easy to be swept up in what seems like a mixture of documentary and narrative. This is how people live in the remote Ghanan villages. The subject carries such a wealth of inherent style that the camera barely has to do anything. A casually beautiful film, it takes your breath unexpectedly with great swatches of bright green crops or the midnight tracking of a moonlit bicycle ride.
By letting social tradition unfold before us,...
Thanks to the non-actor cast and no-nonsense direction, it’s easy to be swept up in what seems like a mixture of documentary and narrative. This is how people live in the remote Ghanan villages. The subject carries such a wealth of inherent style that the camera barely has to do anything. A casually beautiful film, it takes your breath unexpectedly with great swatches of bright green crops or the midnight tracking of a moonlit bicycle ride.
By letting social tradition unfold before us,...
- 3/21/2016
- by Jacob Oller
- The Film Stage
As if new films from the Coens and Jeff Nichols weren’t enough, the 2016 Berlin Film Festival has further expanded their line-up, adding some of our most-anticipated films of the year. Mia Hansen-Løve, following up her incredible, sadly overlooked drama Eden, will premiere the Isabelle Huppert-led Things to Come, while Thomas Vinterberg, Lav Diaz, André Téchiné, and many more will stop by with their new features. Check out the new additions below, followed by some previously announced films, notably John Michael McDonagh‘s War on Everyone.
Competition
Cartas da guerra (Letters from War)
Portugal
By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão)
With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova
World premiere
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)
Iran
By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work)
With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol
International premiere
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary
Italy / France
By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro Gra, El Sicario...
Competition
Cartas da guerra (Letters from War)
Portugal
By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão)
With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova
World premiere
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)
Iran
By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work)
With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol
International premiere
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary
Italy / France
By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro Gra, El Sicario...
- 1/11/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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