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Fragments Festival launches at London’s Genesis Cinema

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The 3rd Fragments Festival is set to open its doors at London’s Genesis Cinema on the 28th of September.  Celebrating inclusivity in film, the festival opens with Ken Loach’s new film The Old Oak.  Rumoured to be the acclaimed British filmmaker’s last production, the film completes his ‘Northeast Trilogy’ that began with I, Daniel Blake […]

Chuck Chuck Baby celebrates its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival

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Janis Pugh’s musical comedy Chuck Chuck Baby is set to make its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this week.  As our Edinburgh Film Festival review of Chuck Chuck Baby puts it, the film is a life-affirming work that  ‘makes you feel that sometimes – just sometimes – good things really […]

Movie Review – Paris Memories (2023)

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Paris Memories, 2023. Directed by Alice Winocour. Starring Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin, Amadou Mbow, and Maya Sansa. SYNOPSIS: A Parisian tries to make sense of her fractured memories in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. By retracting the steps that led up to the event, she begins to piece together what happened and […]

UK trailer for Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories starring Virginie Efira

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Alice Winocour’s (Augustine, Disorder, Proxima) moving drama of memory and loss, Paris Memories is released in the UK this August by Picturehouse Entertainment. The poignant drama stars Virginie Efira (Benedetta, Elle) as Mia, someone trying to rebuild her life in the aftermath of a violent attack. Inspired by the filmmaker’s memories of the 2015 attack on Paris’s […]

Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Il Posto (A Steady Job)

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Il Posto (A Steady Job), 2022. Directed by Mattia Colombo, Gianluca Matarrese. SYNOPSIS: An on the road documentary focusing on the thousands of people in the nursing profession in Southern Italy who are desperate for only a few reliable positions in the country’s northern cities.  An insightful documentary playing as part of the first season of […]

Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Svegliami a Mezzanotte (Wake Me Up At Midnight)

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Svegliami a Mezzanotte (Wake Me Up At Midnight), 2022 Directed by Francesco Patierno  Written by Fuani Mariano, Francesco Patierno  SYNOPSIS:  A young woman who has recently become a mother decides to take her own life. Based on her own autobiographical writings, the film explores her own search for understanding.  A haunting and poetic non-fiction piece […]

Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Bella Ciao

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Bella Ciao, 2022 Directed by Giulia Giapponesi. SYNOPSIS:  The story of the folk song “Bella ciao”, from its possible origins in the 19th century to its contemporary renewed popularity. The folk song ‘Bella ciao’ is for many people a call to arms against oppression. In the case of Italy, where many assume the song to […]

Italian documentaries festival coming to London’s DocHouse

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Cinecittà is bringing a weekend of powerful Italian documentaries to DocHouse at London’s Curzon Bloomsbury.  Part of the legendary film studio’s efforts to present Italian culture and cinema to international audiences, the first CINECITTÀ ITALIAN DOCS will bring three acclaimed documentaries to London’s Bertha DocHouse on 24-25 June. The three films are all UK premieres, […]

Movie Review – Giving Birth to a Butterfly (2021)

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Giving Birth to a Butterfly, 2021. Directed by Theodore Schaefer. Starring Annie Parisse, Gus Birney, Rachel Resheff, Constance Shulman, Owen Campbell, Paul Sparks. SYNOPSIS: A woman who has had her identity stolen goes on a road trip with her son’s pregnant girlfriend to find those responsible.  Theodore Schaefer’s surreal debut places a flickering light on […]