Nouvelles

07 january 2021

  • Festivals

    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Violation will have its world premiere

    “The idea of revenge against those who have wronged us is a tantalizing one; to rid ourselves of the pain and trauma caused by another person. But what if the person who hurts you is not some stranger in a dark alleyway, but someone close to you? It turns out that this is usually the case for victims of sexual violence, but no one is really talking about this in films about revenge. Maybe because it’s ickier, or darker, more uncomfortable. But these are the ideas that...

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06 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Try harder ! will have its world premiere

    At Lowell High School, the top public high school in San Francisco, the seniors are stressed out. As they prepare for the emotionally draining college application process, students are keenly aware of the intense competition for the few open spots in their dream colleges. They scrutinize how every element of their application, from their classes to their extracurricular activities to their racial identities, might be read by admission officers. At Lowell—where cool kids are...

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06 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Together together will have its world premiere

    When 26-year-old Anna becomes a gestational surrogate to a single, middle-aged app designer named Matt, she expects only a transactional bit of good karma and the payday that will allow her to finish her college degree. But as Matt’s unbridled enthusiasm for impending parenthood leads him to persistently insert himself into her life and invite her into his, the initially annoyed Anna finds herself reluctantly charmed. The pair of self-described loners gradually open up to each...

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06 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : The world to come will have its world premiere

    Mona Fastvold’s rugged period romance, The World to Come, is adapted from Jim Shepard's 2017 short story of the same name and premiered in competition at the Venice International Film Festival. In eighteenth-century upstate New York, Abigail (Katherine Waterston) is increasingly defeated by grief and the drudgery of rural life. Her deference and propriety maintain a mundane equilibrium with her husband, Dyer (Casey Affleck), but her narrated dairies offer a picture into...

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06 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : The sparks brothers will have its world premiere

    Sparks is your favorite band’s favorite band, and soon to be yours too. Whether or not you’re aware of it, Sparks likely had a hand in something you’re fond of. This is a band that has been in the background of almost every art form across the last 50 years. Growing up in the ’60s, Los Angeles brothers Ron and Russell got by on a heavy diet of popcorn matinees and pop music until the spotlight of school talent shows illuminated their way on a musical journey...

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