Hans Obma is a movie and television producer, writer and actor. He was also born in La Crosse and lived here until elementary school before moving to the Green Bay
Oliver Laxe's second feature, Mimosas, screened at IFFR in 2017. Earlier, he played the lead in Ben Rivers' experimental fiction The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers, screened at IFFR in 2015. This year, the director can again be seen in front of the camera, in Anton Corbal's debut long documentary. Having spent five years in Morocco, Laxe returns to Vilela to renovate his grandparents' dilapidated family home. Together with a small crew he films this Spanish village, hidden deep in nature, on 16mm. According to Laxe, this film-in-progress is like 'tutti frutti' - an experimental mix of images that illustrate his relationship to the village. Corbal films not only the filmmaker at work, but also the historic environment. The idyllic shots of the quiet countryside are not just for show but an essential element of what Laxe is trying to capture on film, namely the spiritual relationship between man and environment.
The Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival (FCAT) will be 20 years old in its 2023 edition - held on both shores between 28 April and 7 May - making known the cinematographies of the African continent and becoming a reference for African cinemas both in the Spanish-speaking world and in Europe.…
30/11/2022 - The eight stories put forward by as many French and Italian director-producer teams were heavily involved in the pitching session where Les Héros Américains scooped the Scarab Award
30/11/2022 - The eight stories put forward by as many French and Italian director-producer teams were heavily involved in the pitching session where Les Héros Américains scooped the Scarab Award