Venice FF: Kristos, The Last Child by Giulia Amati
On the remote Greek island of Arki one child remains, 10-year old Kristos, the only pupil of teacher Maria. Will Kristos stay on the island to become a shepherd like his brothers, which is the wish of his father, or will he leave to continue his education far away on the other side of the Aegean sea? The filmmaker discusses her film, which world premieres in Giornate degli Autori, with BDE.
Venice FF: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed by Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras and Nan Goldin were in fiery form when talking to the international press in Venice on September 3 before the world-premiere of All The Beauty And The Bloodshed. The film, handled by Altitude Film Sales, looks at the part that artist Nan Goldin played in “taking down” the billionaire Sackler family who made their fortune through pharmaceuticals.
Venice Film Festival: Innocence by Guy Davidi
The old cliché has it that two things in life you can’t avoid are death and taxes. In Israel, you can add military service to the list. Oscar-nominated Guy Davidi’s new feature documentary Innocence, sold by Autlook and which has been screening in competition in Orizzonti, looks at the human toll this policy takes. He explains more to BDE.
Altitude take on Laura Poitras’ Venice doc All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The UK-based power house will handle international sales while the company’s distribution arm will handle the UK and Irish release (dates to be announced soon) on Poitras’ Nan Goldin documentary set for high-profile Venice, Toronto and New York premieres. NEON recently announced that they will release the film in North America.
Venice review: Music for Black Pigeons by Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed
A heartfelt and memorably tuneful tribute to jazz and jazz musicians, Music for Black Pigeons poses a series of existential questions to a series of influential players about how it feels to play, and what it means to listen.
Venice Classics: Fragments Of Paradise by KD Davison
US docmaker KD Davison talks to Business Doc Europe about her new film, screening in Venice Classics, about the legendary Jonas Mekas, the Lithuanian-born poet who, after arriving in New York in the later 1940s with nothing, established himself as a leading filmmaker, curator, critic and guru. “Don’t go to film school. Just make films,” Mekas advised Davison early in her career.
Venice FF: Godard Seul Le Cinéma by Cyril Leuthy
Oddly, the legendary Jean-Luc Godard has been the subject of relatively few documentaries. But like buses, two have come along in 2022. Earlier this year we saw Mitra Farahani’s playful See You Friday Robinson, centered around a conversation between Godard and Ebrahim Golestan. Now, Cyril Leuthy's Godard Seul Le Cinéma is selected for Venice Classics. Director Leuthy talks to BDE.
Venice Classics: Sergio Leone – L’italiano che inventò l’America by Francesco Zippel
Spielberg, Eastwood, Scorsese, De Niro, Tarantino…these modern-day titans of cinema all gave extensive interviews to Francesco Zippel for his new feature documentary, Sergio Leone – L’italiano che inventò l’America, screening in Venice Classics, produced by Sky Studios and Sky Italia and due to be released in Italian cinemas by 01. Director Zippel gives a fistful of comment about his new doc.
