20/02/2024 - BERLINALE 2024: Qiu Yang's first feature is a cryptic character story that allows for as many interpretations as there are viewers, but the high-quality craft will keep them in their seats
With the completion of his epic, six volume, My Struggle novels, Karl Ove Knausgaard was hailed as a “21st century literary sensation”. He was also called a “literary paedophile” and compared to Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Just for writing a book. His latest, a collection of short philosophical essays, takes a shot at some of those critics. The author has no intention of winning anybody over. He also, though, may not pick up.
Participants in this year’s Next Step online workshop
UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker has been revealed as one of 10 directors participating in the 2020 digital edition of the Next Step programme of Cannes Critics’ Week with her project
How To Have Sex.
Forestera, Portugal’s Duarte Coimbra with
The Jacaranda Storm, Canada’s Graham Foy with
The Maiden, France’s Naïla Guiguet with
Alyson, Azerbaijan’s Teymur Hajiyev with
Man In A Blue Sweater, Brazil’s Lillah Halla with
Ainda, Belgium’s Jaf & Raf Roosens with
Beats of Love and China’s Qui Yang with
Some Rain Must Fall.