'Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy has signed on to star in and produce a new Netflix movie, Steve.

The actor will play the role of the headteacher in the upcoming film, an adapted version of the 2023 novel Shy by author Max Porter.

Netflix has green-lit the project from Murphy's new production company Big Things Films, founded with longtime collaborator Alan Moloney. Deadline reports the movie will be shared globally on the streaming service, with filming set to begin this spring.

Steve will follow 24 hours in the life of the eponymous headteacher (Murphy), who heads up a last-chance school for troubled boys. Audiences will see the school head's mental health tested as he struggles to keep his students in line.

The screenplay, also written by Porter, differs slightly from his novel, with Shy's original protagonist being a 16-year-old student of the same name recalling one night at the school.

"The same events happen, we're just looking at them through a different lens," said Murphy of the change.

The Peaky Blinders star admitted he's a long-time fan of Porter's writing and his latest work Shy was no exception.

"It's something I've always chased down in writing — is something that has an actual visceral effect on you, an emotional effect," said Murphy.

"Max gave me that book in a proof edition before he finished it, and again it just broke my heart. They're the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer, so I really wanted to do something with him."

The actor has previously worked with Porter on the 2021 short film All of This Unreal Time and a stage adaptation of the novel Grief is the Thing with Feathers.

Steve will also reunite Murphy with director Tim Mielants. The two worked together on Peaky Blinders season three and the upcoming film Small Things Like These, which will debut at this year's Berlinale on opening night (February 15).'

Alba got honored at the Berlinale as well, in 2021! 😊 She received the "Shooting Star" award. It was when she wore that pretty, white, lacy dress. 🤍

Thanks for sharing! I googled it as had no idea 😅

"Superpower" (2023, Sean Penn, Volodymyr Zelenskyy)

Some informations about the upcoming documentary. Filmed by Sean Penn.

Originally, Penn wanted to do a movie about a comedian-actor that became President and how whimsical that whole story is. Penn started to film the movie in late 2021.

While visiting Kyiv in February 2022 and filming (even meeting Zelenskyy shortly before the outbreak of the full-scale invasion), Russia started the war against Ukraine.

With the outbreak of the full-scale war, the film "became something entirely different" (Penn). Penn was still allowed access to Zelenskyy - even interviewing right after the outbreak of war - and met him several times, continuing to film the documentary, just with a new goal.

The film premiered at the "Berlinale" 2023, where Penn personally was part of the opening ceremony, paying tribute to Ukraine, the Ukrainian's fight against Russia and Zelenskyy, as well as introducing Zelenskyy before the President gave a speech.

Megdöbbentő volt tegnap a Gólyában a Mérce filmklubján, hogy még a szűk körű, talán baloldali közönségben sem volt konszenzus abban, hogy a lakhatás alapjog, és onnantól beszélhetünk egyéni felelősségről és saját döntésekről, hogy van fedél és jog.

Mert ugyebár az az eredeti cím, hogy Hajléktalan(ul), törvénytelen(ül), vagy a hivatalos fordításban Sem fedél sem törvény. De az angol (Vagabond) sokat tesz azért, hogy a rendszerkritikus hangvételt átkeretezze a csavargósors romantizálásába egyfelől -- és elítélésébe, áldozathibáztatásába másfelől.

Itt a főszereplő egy általános, nagy vonalakban megrajzolt alany, akit vagy elhajtanak a neki szimpatikusak, vagy megerőszakolják, kihasználják, dolgoztatják azért, hogy az alapjogával élhessen. Pedig ő mást sem szeretne, csak behúzódni valahova, enni egy kicsit, és kipihenni magát. Esetleg neadjisten zenét hallgatni és cigizni. Iszonyú pontos előjelzés a társadalmi intézmények nélkül maradt neoliberális élethelyzetről, a dicsőséges 30 év után 10 évvel, a Reagan-Thatcher korszak közepéről.

Nagyon örülök, hogy ezt a filmet az idei Berlinale is véletlenül éppen most fölfedezte magának, de közben attól tartok, hogy ha Varda társadalmilag elkötelezett alkotását csak egy igen esztétikus művészfilmként nézik (ami szintén igaz rá), akkor a mondanivaló félremegy, és a drága européer középosztálybeli közönség is azt hümmögi majd (pláne ha férfi), hogy a stoppos/csöves/lusta/nő mi másra számított, amikor az utat választotta.

Ez a baloldali művészet rákfenéje, és ezért állandó kihívás számomra is, hogy miként lehet felrázó lírai materializmust csinálni -- mert a felelős realizmusra ezzel szemben kisujjeltartva rásütik, hogy nem illik "nyomorpornót" készíteni. Kösz, filmszakma, meg vagyok áldva veled.

Viszont Kovács Vera, az Utcáról Lakásba Egyesület egyik alapítója és vezetője nagyon jókat mondott a vetítés utáni panelbeszélgetésen, érdemes követni a munkásságát és írásait, vagy konkrétan a női hajléktalanságról tájékozódni egy kicsit: merce.hu/2021/04/08/a-hajlek-nelkul-maradt-nok-sajatos-nehezsegei-specialis-lakhatasi-tamogatasokat-igenyelnek/

"Schnappschüsse", die es in sich haben: Dokumentarfilmer Christophe Cognet zeigt Fotos von KZ-Insassen, die sich unter Lebensgefahr ablichteten. Es sind Porträts von ungeahnter Würde.

Mit verstörenden Alltagsszenen aus dem Inneren des Holocaust spürt Cognet den Schicksalen von Häftlingen und den von ihnen gewählten Perspektiven nach. Denn diese Fotos, so Cognets Credo, wollten gesehen werden - mit aller Macht, auch heute noch. Diese besonderen Kriegsfotografien, die erst vor Kurzem in ihrer Vollständigkeit katalogisiert und archiviert wurden, werden erstmals von einer Filmkamera festgehalten. Zudem führte der Autor mit zahlreichen KZ-Überlebenden, die mittlerweile gestorben sind, Interviews. Eingebettet in diese "Erzählungen" verknüpft Cognet die alten Fotografien mit der Jetzt-Zeit, um diese Abbilder, die oft auch einer letzten Selbstdarstellung der Todgeweihten dienten, noch einmal zu entschlüsseln. Dabei sieht sich der französische Filmemacher durchaus in einer Traditionslinie zu Alain Resnais "Nacht und Nebel" wie auch als Teil einer künstlerischen Suchbewegung in der Tradition Harun Farockis. Die verstörenden Alltagsszenen aus dem Inneren des Holocaust wurden 2021 erstmals im Forum der Berlinale gezeigt. Parallel zum Film ist das Buch "Eclats" von Christophe Cognet auf Deutsch erschienen. Christophe Cognet wurde 1966 in Marseille geboren und studierte Filmwissenschaft an der Universität Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. In seinen Filmen legt er immer wieder ungewöhnliche Schwerpunkte auf künstlerisches Schaffen und Erinnerungsarbeit. Der Vorgängerfilm "Weil ich Künstler war" von 2013 handelt von Künstlern in KZ-Haft und ihrem Überleben in und mit der Kunst.

That video og her with white dress you just shared, sho win something on that festival right?

Yep, the shooting star award at the Berlinale (2021).

Berlinale 2021 Photographer - Jens Koch

2024 Theatrical Holiday Premieres

No Longer Being Updated As Of June 14, 2023

Merry Christmas (Bollywood romantic thriller starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi; directed by Sriram Raghavan; filmed in Mumbai) - Jan. 12, India

Small Things Like These (holiday-set drama starring Cillian Murphy, Ciarán Hinds and Emily Watson; based on the novel by Claire Keegan; Secrets are revealed in a small town in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1985; announced in 2023; filmed in New Ross, Ireland) - Feb. 15, Berlinale film festival

Ordinary Angels (faith-based drama starring Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis and Tamala Jones; directed by Jon Gunn; Based-on-a-true-story tale of a struggling hairdresser who is inspired to help a widower and his sick daughter find a kidney donor) - Feb. 23 (Trailer)

The Russian at Christmas (partially-crowd funded holiday movie associated with the Stephen F. Austin State film program; directed by Armando Silvas; A mall Santa and his friend find themselves on the run from a Russian mobster after witnessing a Christmas Eve killing; filmed in Nacogdoches, Texas) - Feb. TBA, Nacogdoches Film Festival (Indiegogo)

Terrifier 3 (holiday-set, slasher movie sequel from writer-director Damien Leone; starring Lauren LaVera and David Howard Thornton) - Oct. 25

Red One (big-budget holiday action movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, Nick Kroll, Kristofer Hivju, Wesley Kimmel and Mary Elizabeth Ellis; directed by Jake Kasdan; written by Chris Morgan; The leader of an elite force named the E.L.F must protect Santa and Christmas from those who seek to destroy it) - Nov. 15

The Story of Holly and Ivy (holiday movie based on the children’s book by Rumer Godden; directed by Gábor Csupó; adapted by Nina Gwyn Weiland and Jeff Stockwell; An orphan and a doll stuck in a toy store window create Christmas magic; announced in 2022; set to film in Germany) - TBA

Violent Night 2 (sequel to the 2022 action movie starring David Harbour; written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller; directed by Tommy Wirkola, who discussed the sequel in early 2023) - TBA

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (family holiday movie starring Judy Greer and Pete Holmes; based on the book by Barbara Robinson and directed by Andy Finkman; An unruly family hijacks the local Christmas pageant;  filmed in Winnipeg) - TBA

Accidental Santa (English-language remake of the 2022 Latvian movie, Circenisa Ziemassvetki A prison escapee dresses up as Santa to avoid capture and finds himself hiding out with a cop’s family for the holidays ; announced in 2023) - TBA

Untitled Leslie Jones Project (holiday movie starring Leslie Jones; written by Jackie Clarke; A frustrated Mrs. Claus leaves Santa for Boston, where she reconnects with her family and the true meaning of Christmas) - TBA

A Lot Like Christmas (musical from writer/director Michael Suscy and composer Elliott Wheeler about fading diva Riva DeLange, who attempts to revive her once-annual holiday special in order to reconnect with her estranged adult children, who hate Christmas thanks to her; Suscy and Wheeler call NYC-set story, “a musical love letter to New York and the magic of Christmas in the city.”) - TBA

Stay Frosty (holiday-set action movie starring Idris Elba; directed by Sam Hargrave; written by Tyler Marceca; After surviving an assassination attempt, a man must find out who is trying to kill him in time for Christmas; announced in 2021) - TBA

Christmas Balloon (holiday movie from Mattel Films, based on the story of a young Mexican girl who tried to send her Christmas list to Santa via balloon, and sparked a toy donation movement when it ended up in the hands of a couple grieving the loss of their own child; written by Gabriela Revilla Lugo) - TBA

Jingle Bell Heist (holiday movie written by Abby McDonald; Thieves team up to rob a New York department store at the holidays, falling in love along the way) - TBA

The Very Last Christmas (Swiss thriller starring Urs Hugentobler, Michi Gerber, Vanessa De Angelis, Fabienne Huber and Luca Favre; written and directed by Reinhard Fust; A group of young people spend the holidays at a remote Alpine cabin, skiing and partying until they’re buried by a Christmas Eve avalanche and must struggle to survive) - TBA. Switzerland (Website)

Merry Christmas Mon­sieur Hulot (French animated movie directed by Céline Willard and Marc Rius; written by Marc Rius; A man who can’t stand to lose his Christmas tree, plants it in his town’s roundabout to share its joy year-round, but when it grows too big the mayor threatens to cut it down) - TBA (Website)

Goodrich (holiday-set comedy starring Mila Kunis and Michael Keaton; written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer; A man on his second marriage is suddenly left in charge of his young twins, and turns to his adult daughter for assistance, even though he was an absentee dad to her; announced in 2023; filmed in L.A.) - TBA

It’s Christmas! (holiday movie written and directed by Jamie Adams; filmed in the UK) - TBA

Laxman Lopez (holiday movie starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui; directed by Roberto Girault; announced in 2022) - TBA

The Hollys (holiday movie starring Sarah Shahi; directed by Burr Steers; A recently fired single mom takes her daughter and moves back in with her own mother, who is recently divorced, at the holidays, as the trio tries to get their lives back own track; announced in 2022) - TBA

Curbside Service (holiday-set movie starring Laurine Price; written by Christian van Slyke; A separated couple get stranded in the desert on their way to a holiday event) - TBA

Y2K (holiday-set disaster comedy starring Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi, Alicia Silverstone and Tim Heidecker; directed by Kyle Mooney; written by Evan Winter; A pair of nerds decide to crash the cool kid’s 1999 New Year’s Eve party but get more than they bargained for when the clock strikes midnight; announced in 2023) - TBA

The Matzah Ball (holiday movie based on the novel by Jean Meltzer; produced by Lance Bass and Ben Savage; A Jewish woman has kept her career as a Christmas romance writer secret from her family, but is forced to work with a childhood enemy when her publisher wants a Hanukkah romance; announced in 2022) - TBA

A Christmas to Remember (holiday comedy written by Erick Galindo and Patty Rodriguez; A petty holiday tyrant runs a White Elephant gift exchange with an iron fist, where people compete to bring the best gift; announced in 2022; filmed and set in Big Bear Lake, Calif.) - TBA

Naughty (holiday action rom-com starring Amber Midthunder; written by Siena East; announced in 2023) - TBA

This Time Next Year (holiday movie starring Sophie Cookson and Lucien Laviscount; directed by Nick Moore; adapted by Sophie Cousens from her 2020 novel of the same name; Two babies born on New Year’s Day, a minute apart, in the same hospital, keep running into each other each New Year’s Eve, before finally giving in to fate; announced in 2023; filmed in Rome and the UK) - TBA

Giving Thanks (holiday comedy starring Rebecca De Mornay, Terrence Howard and J.B. Smoove; directed by Leslie Small; written by Charles Kenneth Maye and Michael N.J. Wright; Two friends stuck in low level jobs kidnap a star athlete’s pet to hold for ransom in a misguided attempt to appear successful to their family at the holidays; filmed in Georgia) - TBA

The Guns of Christmas Past (holiday-set action movie starring Liev Schrieber; directed by Xavier Gens; written by Andrew Hilton; A former hitman returns for revenge when his best friend is killed, but ghosts of the past, present and future try to thwart his plans; announced in 2023) - TBA

The December Cross (holiday-set movie starring Kellan Lutz, Neal McDonough and Mila Harris; written and directed by Todd Turner; Border agents in a town named Bethleham intercept two children; filmed in Massachusetts; announced in 2023) - TBA

Midwinter Break (holiday-adjacent movie starring Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds; directed by Polly Findlay; based on the novel and adapted by Nick Payne; A married couple reach their breaking point during a winter holiday; announced in 2023) - TBA

Above the Line (Christmas-set heist movie starring Cedric the Entertainer, Sophia Ali, Gregg Henry, Adhir Kalyan, Reno Wilson, Jamie Lee, Dylan Playfair, Jackson Pace, John Way, Suzy Nakamura and Jordan Claire Robbins; directed by Jeffrey Scott Collins; Struggling actors are recruited for a holiday heist targeting the producer that wronged them all; filmed in L.A.) - TBA

We Live in Time (holiday-set romantic drama starring Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh and Adam James; directed by John Crowley; written by Nick Payne; announced in 2022; filmed in the UK and France) - TBA

Snow Cookies (Greek-language holiday movie starring Yannis Tsimitselis; filmed in Greece) - TBA (Instagram)

Santa’s List (holiday horror-thriller directed by Jhené Chase; written by Hamid and Camille Torabpour; A detective is lured home for the holidays by the murder of her best friend and discovers a serial killer taunting her with the 12 Days of Christmas) - TBA

Dear Santa (a.k.a. Dear Satan; holiday comedy starring Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, PJ Byrne newcomer Jaden Carson Baker, Kai Cech and Austin Post; directed by Bobby Farrelly; written by Dan Ewen; A dyslexic middle schooler finds his letter to Santa redirected to the underworld due to a misspelling, and the devil shows up to claim his soul; filmed in Decatur, Georgia) - TBA

Life and Death of a Christmas Tree (holiday documentary directed by Arturas Jevdokimovas tracing the life cycle of European Christmas trees; filmed in Lithuania, Georgia and Denmark) - TBA (clip)

Bitter Christmas (a.k.a Amarga Navidad; holiday drama starring Maria Rojo; written and directed by Pedro Almodovar in his first fully English-language movie; A woman is abandoned in New York by her partner at Christmas) - TBA

Come to My Place This Christmas (a.k.a. Ven a mi casa esta Navidad; Argentine holiday drama starring Leonora Balcarce and Marita Ballesteros; directed by Sabrina Campos; Spending Christmas with her brother’s in-laws a single woman in her 40s feels judged for her life choices) - TBA

Blind River (holiday-set crime drama starring Annalise Basso, Tracy Campbell, Steven Ogg, Jay Huguley, Denise Smolarek and Avalon Reign; written and directed by Carissa Stutzman; An overprotective blind mother’s daughter goes missing on Christmas Day and she quickly becomes a suspect) - TBA

Down Below (holiday horror-thriller starring Eric Roberts, Hutch Dano, Christopher Livingston, Doug Jones, Bai Ling and Alexis Knapp; directed by Spyder Dobrofsky; A sheriff and his suspect are both haunted by a sinister evil on Christmas Eve) - TBA

Naughty (holiday comedy directed by Olivia Wilde; written by Jimmy Warden; A woman travels to the North Pole in hopes of convincing Santa to testify on her behalf in a custody case; announced in 2023) - TBA

Wolfs (at least partially holiday-set thriller starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Amy Ryan; written and directed by Jon Watts; A pair of lone wolf fixers are forced to team up; filmed in New York and L.A.) - TBA

Nine People You'd Like To Get To Know Better

Thank you for tagging me @peachyspaceslvt !

Since it hasn't been that long since my last post of this sort, I'll offer anyone who feels like it, to do this.

➠ last song: Aah Oop (2021) by Mamamoo.

➠ last show/movie: My girlfriend and I attended the German premiere of Tár at the Berlinale a couple of weeks ago. I feel like rewatching it on the big screen to experience the sensation of being so incredibly close to an orchestra.

➠ currently watching: Edits, live performances, vlogs, and music videos by Mamamoo. Anything I can get my hands on tbh

➠ currently reading: I'm reading multiple books at the same time: The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk (because Kristina Tonteri-Young recommended it in one of ther cameo videos) and A World Without Police by Geo Maher

➠ current obsession: You guessed it: Mamamoo. Since early February my girlfriend and I devour any content by them. Before that, I never listened to any KPop music.

Del 02 de marzo al 28 de mayo del 2023 VC#031 LUR OLAIZOLA

Cineasta guipuzcoana, el trabajo de Olaizolase se enmarca dentro del cine de no-ficción y está dedicado fundamentalmente al retrato de mujeres cuya memoria no ha quedado recogida en el relato oficial de la historia.

Aborda el tema de la memoria tanto como hecho individual como social, reflexionando también sobre la forma de representarla en imágenes. Las imágenes se convierten así en el eslabón entre el recuerdo del pasado y su transposición al ahora.

En las películas de Olaizola está presente la figura de la propia cineasta, ya sea delante o detrás de la cámara, como una directora que escucha a sus personajes. Siendo la palabra un herramienta fundamental para exaltar la imaginación del espectador y para que el pasado no se olvide y siga vivo. En su obra voz y texto se convierten en elementos de gran potencia cinematográfica.

Sus películas se han visto y han sido premiadas en el marco de festivales internacionales como; Sheffield Doc Fest (Reino Unido), Cinéma du Réel (Francia), Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián, Zinebi de Bilbao, Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona, Festival de Cine de Xixón o Festival Punto de Vista de Navarra. En 2021 fue seleccionada para el programa Berlinale Talents del Festival de cine de Berlín y es coordinadora de los programas audiovisuales en Tabakalera - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea de San Sebastián - Esta será la primera vez que expone su obra en Salamanca.

OBRAS

Xulia. Sonido. Color. Digital. 2019. 16’

Zerua Blu. Sonido. Color. Digital. 2021. 14’

Hirigarren koadernoa. Sonido. Color. Digital. 2022. 21’

'Cillian Murphy has said his new film, Small Things Like These, uncovers a dark chapter in recent Irish society and that he was "emotionally knocked out" by the story of a Magdalene Laundry in smalltown Ireland in the 1980s.

The film is an adaptation of Claire Keegan's bestseller of the same name and became the first Irish film to open the Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday.

Murphy stars opposite Zara Devlin, Emily Watson, Eileen Walsh, and Michelle Fairley in the adaptation of Wexford author Keegan's 2021 Booker Prize-nominated novel and is also among the producers.

According to the synopsis, the film takes place in an Irish town over Christmas in 1985, "when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own.

"The film reveals truths about Ireland's Magdalene Laundries - horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform 'fallen young women’."

Speaking to RTÉ at the Berlinale, Murphy said: "It’s a lot to take on, it’s certainly a collective trauma we’re all processing. My generation and an older generation, it is still something we are trying to figure out.

"Books and art and film can be a balm to that wound more than government reports or academic papers.

"I think above all the film has to entertain and you have to be involved in it emotionally, but if it asks a few questions, that’s a bonus."

Small Things Like These tells a very Irish story, but Murphy doesn't see that as a barrier to the film attracting a wider audience.

"Its universality lies in its specificity," he said.

"We showed it in New York and LA and people responded in the same way and the response we're having here in Berlin is the same. There are very raw emotions to the film that people respond to, and the fact that it’s located in Irish society is no barrier to it."

Small Things Like These, which aims to be in cinemas this Autumn, reunites Murphy with Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants, and the script has been written by Murphy's long-time collaborator, playwright Enda Walsh.

Speaking about how the project came about, the Cork actor said: "I love Claire Keegan’s work, all of her work, and I read the story quite early. It knocked me out emotionally, I thought it was beautiful and then I began to think of it as a film slowly, then I brought it to Alan, brought it to Tim and then Enda. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck became involved and then Eileen and it gathered momentum really quickly."'

Cagliari, torna il Festival sul cinema asiatico

Cagliari, torna il Festival sul cinema asiatico. Saranno cinque giorni dedicati a proiezioni, incontri ma non solo quelli di Across Asia Film Festival, che dal 7 all'11 dicembre 2022 propone un'iniziativa che sarà ospitata nello Spazio Fuori Margine di Sa Manifattura in via Falzarego 35.   Oltre venti film inediti avvicineranno Cagliari alla cultura asiatica come illustrato venerdì 2 dicembre 2022 nella conferenza stampa di presentazione alla quale ha preso parte l'Assessora alla Cultura del Comune di Cagliari, Maria Dolores Picciau.   "Questo progetto – il commento dell'Assessora Picciau - ha molti punti di forza tra i quali la capacità di fare rete con tante realtà, cittadine e internazionali, in una visione interdisciplinare che raccoglie tante espressioni artistiche oltre al cinema e alla musica. Il Festival si è inserito, e questo è un altro punto a suo favore, su un tema di nicchia che in città mancava, proponendo uno sguardo importante su tutto il mondo asiatico non solo politico-territoriale ma anche culturale. Diciamo che accorcia le distanze tra Cagliari e il resto del mondo".   Ad illustrare il ricco cartellone di appuntamenti, che prevede anche due fuori programma, sono stati i direttori artistici Maria Paola Zedda e Stefano Galanti che sono scesi nei dettagli dell'iniziativa. Con un’accurata selezione di oltre 20 film inediti provenienti da tutto il continente asiatico, tra cui diverse anteprime italiane, europee internazionali, la kermesse propone cinque giorni di proiezioni e incontri in diverse location del capoluogo sardo, tra cui Cinema Notorious, che ospiterà le proiezioni, Sa Manifattura – Spazio Fuori Margine, Circolo ARC - Polo Bibliotecario Falzarego 35. Across Asia Film Festival rinnova quest’anno il suo format proponendo un programma di ampio respiro che abbandona il precedente focus dedicato a un singolo Paese o area geografica per abbracciare l'intero continente asiatico. L’attenzione si rivolge in particolare verso le produzioni indipendenti ed emergenti, il cinema al femminile, i giovani, la distruzione dei generi, il pop, l’universo queer e del politicamente scorretto che in ogni Paese ruota su differenti assi distintivi. Presso il Cinema Notorious di Cagliari, la rassegna cinematografica comincia mercoledì 7 dicembre con l’appuntamento Nel cuore della bestia, che prevede le proiezioni di Autobiography (ore 20:00), opera prima e matura del regista indonesiano Makbul Mubarak che tratta la banalità della violenza e il sadismo delle dipendenze psicologiche sul solco tracciato dalle dittature; To Pick A Flower di Shireen Seno alle 22:10 e del pluripremiato Myanmar Diaries (ore 22:30) firmato a nome collettivo e presentato dalla giornalista Sara Perria, che racconta dall’interno il golpe militare del febbraio 2021 tra documentario e autofiction, già vincitore dell’Orso d’Oro per il Miglior Documentario alla Berlinale. The Weird And The Eerie, l’appuntamento di giovedì 8 dicembre, comincia alle 19:00 con The Residents, regia di Kahori Higashi e Swallow di Mai Nakanishi, tra cannibalismo e jet-set. La serata prosegue con House of Time di Rajdeep Paul e Sarmistha Maiti (ore 20:00) e si conclude con il meta-cinema e le reminiscenze preraffaelite di Shingo Ota in At Kinosaki (ore 22:00) e con il film del maestro indiano del documentario no-budget Don Palathara Everything is Cinema, che racconta il processo di creazione di un documentario da parte di un regista, in reazione a quello a opera dell’occidentale Louis Malle, Calcutta, quando all’improvviso il virus lo costringe al lock-down, trasformando il suo film in qualcosa d’altro. La rassegna continua venerdì 9 dicembre con l’appuntamento Il mondo è tutto ciò che accade: alle 20:00 il crudo cruising nei boschi tra senza tetto, prostituti e minatori disoccupati in The Men Who Wait del vietnamita Truong Minh Quý e il revenge-movie malaysiano Stone Turtle diretto da Ming Jin Woo, un viaggio emozionale verso l’inaspettato che affonda le sue radici nel folklore, tra forze ctonie e paesaggi magici. Segue l’omaggio al giovanissimo autore coreano - premiato come miglior regista di fantascienza al BIFAN - Park Syeyoung, ospite del festival nella giornata di sabato 10 dicembre durante l’appuntamento Pop’ Philosophie con le proiezioni di Cashbag e Luxury Staycation (dalle ore 19:00) e del suo primo lungometraggio dal titolo The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (ore 20:00) – una produzione al limite dell’horror che strizza l’occhio a Lynch, Cronemberg e Dupieux. Hip-Hop, fantascienza e manga sono, invece, i linguaggi che fonde il giapponese Hoya Seiyo nella sua delirante opera prima Alien Artist (ore 21:30). Il festival si conclude nella serata di domenica 11 dicembre con l’appuntamento In The Realm Of The Senseless. Spazio al cinema d’animazione con The Magical Tracing di Wu De-Chuen, Tiger Stabs Tiger di Shen Jie e Perfect City: The Mother di Shengwei Zhou (dalle 19:00). A seguire c’è Yuni, film diretto dall’indonesiana Kamila Andini e premiato al Toronto International Film Festival 2021 che racconta i taboo culturali e le restrizioni subite dalle donne nel più grande Paese musulmano del mondo attraverso lo sguardo di un’adolescente piena di progetti per il futuro. Chiude infine la rassegna A Night of Knowing Nothing della regista indiana Payal Kapadia che documenta le rivolte degli studenti contro il sistema delle caste utilizzando found footage e una struttura che accarezza la fiction narrativa. L'ingresso a tutte le rappresentazioni sarà gratuito. EXPANDED: gli eventi collaterali La sezione EXPANDED del festival presenta una serie di eventi collaterali alle proiezioni cinematografiche. Si comincia mercoledì 7 dicembre alle ore 18:00 presso il Circolo ARC – Polo Bibliotecario Falzarego 35, con l’appuntamento On the language of men loving men in Japan: un incontro con l’artista interdisciplinare Jacopo Miliani in occasione della presentazione del libro Whispering Catastrophe, di Jacopo Miliani e Sara Giannini, frutto di una ricerca relativa all’erotismo gay maschile in Giappone e alla sua rappresentazione. Dai sussurri erotici del leggendario attivista gay Togo Ken alle velate immagini del fotografo underground Kuro Haga, il libro segue la costruzione di un sottile linguaggio di infiltrazione. Come un linguaggio segreto, questo idioma speciale dà forma a un corpo collettivo – una comunità – che agisce al di là, attraverso e nonostante identità normative, etichette e ruoli sociali. La serata di venerdì 9 dicembre si svolge presso il Cinema Notorious con The Night of the Living Soundtracks, una serata di sonorizzazioni dedicate ai fantasmi del cinema asiatico. Si comincia alle 22:00 con la sonorizzazione di Yukoku (Patriotism) di Yukio Mishima, prima e unica regia del grande intellettuale e letterato giapponese, da parte del musicista Daniele Ledda, che musicherà il capolavoro con il progetto Clavius, con cui compone e improvvisa attraverso una famiglia di strumenti auto-costruiti partendo dal concetto di pianoforte preparato di John Cage. Chiude la serata il chitarrista e cantautore inglese Mike Cooper, che corona il tour di celebrazione dei suoi 80 anni ad Across Asia Film Festival con il progetto Tropical Gothic. Artista culto presente sin dalle prime edizioni del festival, Cooper attraversa nel suo lavoro una ricerca per suoni e immagini che indaga il concetto di Sud, inteso non solo in termini geografici quanto politici e poetici. Spazio alla performance e alle questioni legate al corpo con la coreografa e artista srilankese residente a Berlino Sara Mikolai, di origini Tamil, che sabato 10 dicembre dalle 10:00 alle 14:00 presenta una masterclass dal titolo On listening, moving, resting and being, presso Sa Manifattura – Spazio Fuorimargine per poi proseguire domenica 11 dicembre alle 17:30 con l’installazione sonora e la performance l i s t e n i n g – sound narratives of a dance in cui il linguaggio delle danze tradizionali diventa momento di mistero, generativo di nuovi immaginari e politiche dell’ascolto. La giornata conclusiva di domenica 11 dicembre prevede un focus sull’Asia meridionale attraverso l’incontro con la comunità di indiani di fede Sikh residente nel quartiere di Villanova. L’appuntamento è alle ore 11:15 presso Piazza Costituzione, angolo viale Regina Margherita per visitare il tempio Sikh, dove si potrà assistere alla cerimonia e alla pratica del common kitchen, per mangiare insieme e condividere sapori del Punjab. Nato con l’obiettivo di sviluppare scambi culturali internazionali e di favorire una maggiore prospettiva interculturale, Across Asia Film Festival approfondisce di anno in anno la conoscenza della produzione cinematografica asiatica, mostrando la grandezza del suo apporto sul panorama mondiale in termini di sperimentazione, ricerca e innovazione. Dal 2013 a oggi, Across Asia Film Festival dedica la sua programmazione alle scene indipendenti e al cinema arthouse, mostrando la prolifica produzione del cinema asiatico per diffonderne la conoscenza ad un pubblico internazionale. Il festival rappresenta una finestra sul mondo e un modo non stereotipato di guardare l’Asia e le sue rappresentazioni. È anche un luogo di relazioni internazionali, un contesto per connettere scene artistiche lontane stimolando occasioni di sinergia e coproduzione. Sotto la direzione artistica di Stefano Galanti e Maria Paola Zedda, Across Asia Film Festival è un progetto di ZEIT – Art Research - associazione culturale dedita alla promozione dell’arte, della performance e della cinematografia - con il contributo di MIC – Ministero della Cultura, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Comune di Cagliari, il sostegno della Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, insieme alla collaborazione di AFIC Associazione Festival Italiani Cinema, Ticonzero, Spazio Danza, Centro di Produzione della Danza FuoriMargine, Centro di Produzione di Danza e Arti Performative, ARC Associazione Culturale e di Volontariato LGBTQ+ OdV, Collettivo CA, e ai media partner Asian World e Asia Movie Pulse. 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Kristen Stewart is to play US writer, philosopher and political activist Susan Sontag in an upcoming feature for UK-Australia production outfit Brouhaha Entertainment, with US filmmaker Kirsten Johnson to direct.

Four chapters in the tumultuous life of the celebrated and controversial 20th century intellectual will be depicted in the drama, which is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Sontag: Her Life by Ben Moser. The feature has the working title of Sontag.

New Yorker Sontag, who passed away in 2004, is known for her widely influential critical works such as Against Interpretation, On Photography and Illness As Metaphor, as well as fictional works including In America. She travelled to and wrote about areas of conflict, from the Vietnam War to the Siege of Sarajevo. Sontag also attracted controversy over statements on white civilisation in the western world, the 9/11 New York terrorist attacks and over accusations of plagiarism.

US actor Stewart, who previously depicted Princess Diana in Spencer, is president of the international jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where filming will begin for the project.

Filmmaker Johnson is known for her documentary work. She worked as a cinematographer on Laura Poitras’ documentaries The Oath – for which she won the Sundance cinematography award – and Oscar winner Citizenfour.

Her directing credits include Sundance premieres Dick Johnson Is Dead, a personal story about her father who suffered from dementia for which she won a Sundance special jury award and Primetime Emmy for directing, and Cameraperson, a memoir of her decades of shooting documentary footage around the world.

“We’re using Berlin as a moment to kick off the project and do documentary footage of Kristen as the head of the jury and talking to her about how she’s going to become Sontag,” said Gabrielle Tana, who co-founded Brouhaha Entertainment in 2021 and is producer on the project. “It will be a drama, but with a documentary aspect to it. Kirsten has a wonderful approach to storytelling, and this is reflective of that, so she will use documentary in it.”

Johnson will co-write the project with Lisa Kron as well as direct, and the feature plans to shoot this year across California, New York, Paris and Sarajevo.

Brouhaha Entertainment was founded in 2021 by UK-based Tana and Australia’s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason. Their slate includes Anton Corbijn’s Switzerland, in which Helen Mirren will play celebrated author Patricia Highsmith. FilmNation will launch sales at this month’s European Film Market.