There will soon be many documentaries about the migrant crisis in Europe, but it’s unlikely that any of them will be quite like Those Who Feel the Fire Burning. In October of 2013, Dutch filmmaker Morgan Knibbe was present for the aftermath of the sinking of a ship carrying over 500 refugees off the coast of the Italian island Lampedusa. He made an acclaimed short film, Shipwreck, which surveyed survivors grieving over the 360 coffins being loaded onto a transport vessel. The short has been incorporated into this feature, transmuted from its own story into just one incident among many in the lives of Africans and Middle Easterners who have fled their homelands in search of safety, often finding the journey to be merely the beginning of their hardship.
Knibbe strings these disparate scenes together via a conceit which some may find problematic and others may adore. The movie opens with a...
Knibbe strings these disparate scenes together via a conceit which some may find problematic and others may adore. The movie opens with a...
- 11/12/2015
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
A survivor of the Lampedusa tragedy speaks in Morgan Knibbe's Shipwreck
The Glasgow Short Film Festival drew to a close today with its awards ceremony. Duncan Cowles received the Scottish Award for Directed By Tweedie, whilst special mention went to Cailleach. Morgan Knibbe won the Bill Douglas Award for best International Short Film for Shipwreck, about a survivor of the sinking that saw hundreds of Eritreans drown off the coast of Lampedusa.
The Channel 4 Innovation in Storytelling award went to Monkey Love Experiments directors Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson, whilst the International Audience Award was won by Don Hertzfeld's World Of Tomorrow, though Don himself (best know for providing voices in The Simpsons) was incommunicado and does not yet know of his success. The Scottish Audience award was won by Zam Salim for Dropping Off Michael and accepted by writer and producer James Price, who was extremely excited about their success.
The Glasgow Short Film Festival drew to a close today with its awards ceremony. Duncan Cowles received the Scottish Award for Directed By Tweedie, whilst special mention went to Cailleach. Morgan Knibbe won the Bill Douglas Award for best International Short Film for Shipwreck, about a survivor of the sinking that saw hundreds of Eritreans drown off the coast of Lampedusa.
The Channel 4 Innovation in Storytelling award went to Monkey Love Experiments directors Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson, whilst the International Audience Award was won by Don Hertzfeld's World Of Tomorrow, though Don himself (best know for providing voices in The Simpsons) was incommunicado and does not yet know of his success. The Scottish Audience award was won by Zam Salim for Dropping Off Michael and accepted by writer and producer James Price, who was extremely excited about their success.
- 3/15/2015
- by Jennie Kermode and Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For being just a brief 4 days, True/False is a densely packed festival, and I mean that in the true celebratory sense, full of not just film screenings, but parades and parties, street bound buskers, live game shows, filmmaking workshops and what-have-you, and it’s all condensed down into a vibrant, but relatively small college town. Everything is within a 10 minute walk. And where else might you walk two blocks and in the process subsequently encounter the likes of Joshua Oppenheimer, Alex Gibney, Nick Broomfield and the Ross Brothers? Paul Sturtz and David Wilson, the founders of True/False have created something truly special here in Columbia, Mo – a glorious celebration of non-fiction filmmaking and the fascinating fault line that separates the unreal from the untruthful.
Interestingly, Alex Gibney’s latest feature peddles only truth, but deals with the murky myths of a science fiction pseudo-religion. Based on Lawrence Wright’s exposé of Scientology,...
Interestingly, Alex Gibney’s latest feature peddles only truth, but deals with the murky myths of a science fiction pseudo-religion. Based on Lawrence Wright’s exposé of Scientology,...
- 3/12/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Eddy Bell.s Grey Bull was named best Australian short film at the 24th annual Flickerfest awards on Sunday night.
The filmt follows a South Sudanese refugee who decides to rescue a bull at the abattoir where he works, believing it.s a spiritual totem. Once home, the animal begins to jeopardise the family's chance at fitting into their new life.
A special jury prize was awarded to Carl Firth.s The Witching Hour, the saga of several people who get swept up in the mayhem of a mysterious world at midnight.
Saluted as the best Australian animation short was Bush Mechanics, which follows the adventures of bush mechanics driving over red dirt roads as the mischievous spirit .munga munga. pursues them, co-directed by Jason Japaljarri Woods and Jonathan Daw.
Atsuko Hirayanagi.s Oh Lucy! took the gong for best international short. It's the tale of a 55-year-old single 'office...
The filmt follows a South Sudanese refugee who decides to rescue a bull at the abattoir where he works, believing it.s a spiritual totem. Once home, the animal begins to jeopardise the family's chance at fitting into their new life.
A special jury prize was awarded to Carl Firth.s The Witching Hour, the saga of several people who get swept up in the mayhem of a mysterious world at midnight.
Saluted as the best Australian animation short was Bush Mechanics, which follows the adventures of bush mechanics driving over red dirt roads as the mischievous spirit .munga munga. pursues them, co-directed by Jason Japaljarri Woods and Jonathan Daw.
Atsuko Hirayanagi.s Oh Lucy! took the gong for best international short. It's the tale of a 55-year-old single 'office...
- 1/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
With year end lists already flooding the interwebs a full month before the actual year’s end, its hard to ignore the fact that awards season is now in full swing. Tons of documentary awards have already been handed out, whether its for Ida (not Pawel Pawlikowski’s gorgeous new film) or for Cinema Eye Honors, there are plenty of worthy films getting their due recognition. Plus, several international festivals have handed out major awards this month, including Idfa, which hosted their awards ceremony just minutes ago. The full roundup is just below:
Dok Leipzig – Germany – October 27th – November 2nd
At the close of the 57th edition of the German documentary festival the Golden Dove Award, the festival’s highest honor, was given to Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard’s Rules of the Game, while the Leipziger Ring Film Prize went to Laura Poitras’s Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour, the...
Dok Leipzig – Germany – October 27th – November 2nd
At the close of the 57th edition of the German documentary festival the Golden Dove Award, the festival’s highest honor, was given to Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard’s Rules of the Game, while the Leipziger Ring Film Prize went to Laura Poitras’s Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour, the...
- 11/29/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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