| NO STRINGS ATTACHED, 5min, USA, Music Video Directed by Lindsay Penn Fans or dollars? A surreal exploration of the inner conflict of the independent artist. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film! |
Year: 2017
Audience FEEDBACK Video: THE SESSION, 7min, USA, Comedy
THE SESSION, 7min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Molly Maguire
Amanda arrives early for her first therapy session a bit eager, nervous, and open to her Dr.’s professional words of wisdom. Dr. Franklin uses all of this to her advantage. Turning those fateful minutes in which Amanda arrived early into ones Amanda will never forget.
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Audience FEEDBACK Video: THE MAN WHO DOESN’T SLEEP, 15min, Canada, Drama
| THE MAN WHO DOESN’T SLEEP, 15min, Canada, Drama Directed by Jana Stackhouse A young filmmaker finds herself in a new apartment where her neighbour is literally up all night. Her anger turns to curiosity as she sets out to make a documentary about ‘The Man Who Doesn’t Sleep.’ CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film! |
Audience FEEDBACK Video: WE WERE SWIMMING, 3min, UK, Art/Surreal
WE WERE SWIMMING, 3min, UK, Art/Surreal
Directed by Jesse May Fisher
We Were Swimming explores intimacies and tensions between two teenage girls. As the protagonist’s dreams and memories interweave with one another certain intricacies of girlhood and female friendship come to light.
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Audience FEEDBACK Video: GRACE & GRIT, 3min, USA, Thriller/Drama
| GRACE & GRIT, 3min, USA, Thriller/Drama Directed by Olivia Applegate A twisted celebration of me, myself and I. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film! |
Audience FEEDBACK Video: MAGIC RADIO, 9min, USA, Family/Comedy
| MAGIC RADIO, 9min, USA, Family/Comedy Directed by Meng Yu A magic radio gives a high school student ability to experience the future within 10 seconds, however nothing can change his life but himself. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film! |
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Toronto August 2017 Film Festival
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS
Best Film: KAJAL
Best Performances: THE SESSION
Best Cinematography: WE WERE SWIMMING
Best Music: The music from KAJAL
Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos from each film:
 MAGIC RADIO, 9min, USA, Family/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |  GRACE & GRIT, 3min, USA, Thriller/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 WE WERE SWIMMING, 3min, UK, Art/SurrealWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |  THE MAN WHO DOESN’T SLEEP, 15min, Canada, DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 THE SESSION, 7min, USA, ComedyWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |  NO STRINGS ATTACHED, 5min, USA, Music VideoWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 KAJAL, 20min, India, DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
The FEMALE AUGUST 2017 FEEDBACK Film Festival gave our audiences the best NEW films by women directors from around the world.
The theme of the festival was “SELF DISCOVERY”.
Every film showcased was about a setting where a character finds out who they are deep inside of themselves.
NOTE: Our 4th Female Director’s festival!
The Female FEEDBACK Film Festival…
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TIFF 2017 Movie Review: IF YOU SAW HIS HEART (Si tu voyais son coeur) (France 2017
Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2017. Go to TIFF 2017 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.
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Gael García Bernal, Marine Vacth, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
The film begins with a lively wedding celebration where the audience is introduced to Daniel (Gael Garcia Bernal), a man reeling from grief from the death of his closest friend (shown multiple times in flashback, as if we need reminding) in an accident for which he feels partly responsible. He has been cast out of his insular traveller community.
Living in a rundown rooming house and always behind on rent, Daniel gets by through scams and minor burglaries. His building is populated by colourful misfits and losers, all living on the edge like him.When davidnmeets an equally damaged and fragile young woman, Francine (Vacth), life is then something to hope for.
If You Saw His Heart is based on Cuban author Guillermo Rosales’ 1987 novel Boarding Home (a.k.a. The Halfway House). Director Chemia creates the moody atmosphere of the living conditions that reflect Daniel’s feelings well, but the film suffers from continuity.
Her fond use of flashbacks and revealing the story in non-chronological order is not only confusing but breaks a mood or effect that has been created thus far.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_1kv27NBa0
TIFF 2017 Movie Review: VAMPIRE CLAY (Japan 2017) ***
Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2017. Go to TIFF 2017 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
A plasticine demon devours the denizens of a rural art school.
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Sôichi Umezawa (screenplay)
Stars:
Ena Fujita, Asuka Kurosawa, Yuyu Makihara
Director/writer/editor Soichi Umezawa knows the effects of clay. Besides the use of it being able to be moulded onto gruesome creatures, the look of fit in close-up, squishy, black and oozing out liquid when wet makes it an excellent horror source. The only thing missing is perhaps is a scene with worms oozing from the moist clay.
Blood from a murdered sculpture is dumped into lay and buried. When dug up and used as material, the sculptured creature comes to life. The subjects are an art school in the Japanese countryside. Umezawa is 25-year old veteran special-effects makeup artist with over 70 credits.
He realizes both the comedic and horror potentials of clay and mixes these elements well in horror comedy that reminds one of the horror B-movies of the sixties – but in a better way!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYxBrFM94k
TIFF 2017 Movie Review: LE PRIX DU SUCCES (THE PRICE OF SUCCESS) (France 2017) ***
Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2017. Go to TIFF 2017 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
A comedian’s relationship with his family crumbles when he reaches a level of success in his career.
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Tahar Rahim, Roschdy Zem, Maïwenn
THE PRICE OF SUCCESS benefits from the performance of two of the best Arab stars in French films today – Tahar Rahim and Roschdy Zem.. They play brothers fighting (lysically as well as verbally) with each other.
A popular stand-up comic, Brahim (Rahim) from a working class French family balances fame, ambition, and expectations while feeling his loyalties pulled between his manager-brother (Zem) and artistic-director girlfriend (Maiwenn).
Mourad supported and promoted Brahim for 15 years, but is he now thinking too small? Too Arab? Too immigrant? And is he willing to let go of the brother who has defined his life? The film could have been funnier with more laughs from Brahim’s stand up comedy.
Brahim’s comic routines on show that were supposed to have shot him to fame, are not really funny or impressive. The film does not quite come together despite the confrontation scenes.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDgo0TZwgM
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