Spain, El País: José, una historia de amor y descubrimiento (spanish)
La película de Li Cheng continúa su recorrido internacional tras ganar el Queer Lion en el Festival de Venecia José, de 19 años, vive…
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Usa, The Berkshire Eagle: Taking a ride on the festival circuit
Lenox native’s film wins Venice International Film Festival’s Queer Lion Award Early on in “Jose,” viewers may find themselves double-checking the film’s genre. “Some…
Ghana, Modern Ghana: Indonesian film wins top award at 3 Continents Festival
The 3 Continents Film Festival jury gave its top award to a film directed by Garin Nugroho. Memories of My Body foregrounds a child…
Usa, San Joaquin International Film Festival: 1985 by Yen Tan screening in California
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize of the Texas Competition of the 2018 Dallas Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award and Best Screenwriting…
Serbia, Merlinka Film Festival: 1985 by Yen Tan screening in Belgrade
A closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family. 1985 Feature Film Director:…
Uk, Yahoo News: 3 Continents Festival, José wins the Jury Special Mention
The 3 Continents Film Festival jury gave its top award to a film directed by Garin Nugroho. Memories of My Body foregrounds a child…
Slovakia, Dobré noviny: Special prize for José at the Bratislava Film Festival (slovak)
Dojemnú drámu venujúcu sa duševným problémom nórskej mládeže, pod ktorú sa podpísala režisérka Tuva Novotny, porota ocenila za výnimočný, no zároveň aj znepokojujúci príbeh…
Slovakia, Pravda: Special prize for José at the Bratislava Film Festival (slovak)
Novinky zo slovenskej a z českej kinematografie, to najlepšie od mladých začínajúcich talentov či to najzaujímavejšie z najprestížnejších filmových festivalov? To všetko ponúka jubilejný,…
Slovakia, 20th Bratislava International Film Festival: José
Festivals: Venice 2018 (Queer Lion), Sao Paulo 2018, Rio de Janeiro 2018, Thessaloniki 2018 Year: 2018 Runtime: 85 min. Country: Guatemala Director: Li Cheng…
Canada, Radio-Canada: 5 films queer à découvrir au festival Image+Nation (french)
Lancé jeudi, le festival de films LGBTQ Image+Nation compte 13 films dans sa programmation, dont plusieurs sont portés par des visages connus : Isabelle…
France, Festival des 3 continents, Cinémas d’Afrique, d’Amérique Latine et d’Asie: José
José, 19 ans, vit seul avec sa mère, oeuvrant chacun de son côté à de petits métiers pour assurer leur ordinaire : elle vendant…
Uk, ScreenDaily: China’s Rediance picks up Afghan doc, Queer Lion winner (exclusive)
Beijing-based sales outfit Rediance has picked up international rights to documentary Kabul, City In The Wind, directed by Afghan filmmaker Aboozar Amini The film,…
Slovakia, Bratislava International Film Festival: Fiction competition of young contemporary cinema
The 20th edition of the Bratislava International Film Festival will open its doors in less than one month. The days between 29 November and…
Usa, Gold Derby: LGBT History Month: Which queer films will contend at the 2019 Oscars?
2017 was one of the few banner years for queer film at the Oscars. “Call me by Your Name” was a Best Picture nominee…
Usa, TalkHouse: 1985 by Yen Tan, Darker Before They Get Brighter
Director Yen Tan on growing up gay in Malaysia, his journey in America, and how it all relates to his poignant AIDS drama 1985 Writer-director Yen…
Sweden, Filmeye: Suspiria – Film review from swedish website Filmeye (swedish)
Det är höst i Berlin 1977 under den s.k. ”tyska hösten”, då RAF (Röda armé-fraktionen) genomförde ett stort antal politiska protestaktioner, som ledde till…
Italy, La Biennale di Venezia: 7th edition of the Biennale College
La Biennale di Venezia announces the presentation of the 12 projects that participated in the first workshop of the 7th Biennale College – Cinema (2018/2019) in Venice from the 6th to the 15th of October…
Uk, Barbican Centre: La Cage aux Folles + introduction by Brian Robinson
Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi embrace high camp in this delightful, bawdy farce, later remade as The Birdcage. In this uproarious comedy, which won…