Sentences with phrase «short film culture»

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A free documentary by The Guardian on life in solitary confinement was recently released and a new free short film on nomadic cultures throughout the world was released this Wednesday.

One of the film's key scenes shows the village assembly in Hirut's area carefully debating her case, and when Meaza attempts to leave a meeting with Hirut's parents without staying for a meal, she is brought up short by a mother who insists, «you must not forget our culture.»

A $ 30,000 cash grant for a short narrative film or feature - length documentary that celebrates the deep connection to French and Francophone culture in Louisiana.

Special Features New high - definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill, author of «Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics» Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the film New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his score «Home, James,» a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown Radio adaptation of the film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O'Herlihy Plus: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

In an age where inexpensive, high - quality digital cameras have nominally evened the playing field between the big and small screens, Louis CK's show is one of the precious few that has any right being called «cinematic,» unfurling as a series of short films united by their maker's curiosity regarding family, pop culture and the contours of his narrow worldview.

My personal cultural philosophy mirrors the Native Program's philosophy: For four years I have been the director of the Sundance - supported Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) Native Youth Film Camp, which teaches Native students ages 14 - to - 18 script - to - screen skills as they make 6 - to - 8 short films per camp.

Producer Adi Shankara is becoming a household name when it comes to gritty short films based on characters in comics and pop culture in general.

The film also takes shots at celebrity / fame culture, but pushing aside the earlier predatory male character in favor of a «women eat each other alive, but literally» story makes it fall short for me.

Ave Maria: The slightest of the live - action short films, one which seemingly wants to coast on its Middle Eastern culture - clash premise.

That it's usually the documentaries, foreign - language films, and short films that I end up needing to catch up on in the weeks between the Oscar nominations and the Oscar ceremony says a lot about viewing habits (my own and the culture's at large).

This personal and moving short film revolves around the themes of cultural alienation, abuse and the contrast between mythological greenlandic nature and western urban culture.

Adi Shankar adds a short film about Fred Rogers, titled Mr. Rogers: A War Hero, to his collection of pop culture tributes and satires.

In 1987, Quentin Tarantino directed and starred in his first short film, the pop culture - infused buddy flick My Best Friend's Birthday.

All our research projects with the BFI (British Film Institute), working with a variety of teachers, have confirmed that short films help students to gain enjoyment from language learning and develop confidence to express themselves in a foreign tongue, whilst learning more about culture.

Leckey builds inroads between cultures, as with his short film Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore, which documents dance in British discothèques from the Seventies through the Nineties, or with another of his shorts, Made in «Eaven, in which he digitally rendered a Jeff Koons balloon - bunny sculpture and transferred the images to film.

Regarded as a seminal figure in gay and lesbian cinema, and in particular, pre-Internet video - work, Benning's short films often feature autobiographical content in fragmented narratives that address feminism, gender identity, and youth and popular cultures.

One of the very best films on view in New York right now is «Fly Paper,» a lyrical 23 - minute tribute to life and culture in Harlem by Kahlil Joseph, a filmmaker who directed some of Beyoncé's «Lemonade» while also becoming known for his own lush, impressionistic short works.

SOUND & AFRICAN CULTURES OF TECHNOLOGY Thurs 18 June Goodman Gallery, JHB • 18:30 Mr Gold & Makmende, short screening and talk by The Brother Moves On and Just A Band (SA & KE) • 19:15 Future Sound of Mzanzi, feature screening of documentary film by Lebogang Rasethebe & Nthato Mokgata (SA)

Opening February 10, 2002, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center presents The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945 — 1994, a landmark exhibition exploring African culture through art, film, photography, graphics, architecture, music, literature, and theater.

During Frieze Week, Canadian artist Jon Rafman stages his first major UK solo show, which includes Sticky Drama (2015), a wildly imaginative short film featuring over 35 young Londoners and inspired by computer gaming culture.

In addition to the graffiti presentation there will Iranian hip hop music and short films about graffiti culture in Iran.

The Institute offers arts and cultural programs including art exhibitions, author talks, poetry, film, performing arts, music, as well as lectures, symposia, workshops, and short courses designed to contextualize traditional and contemporary Chinese art and culture.

Additional exhibits include: Sexto Continente (Barcelona); Emergent Art (Zaragoza); Arts Latina (Havana); All Female Video Review (UTSA Satellite Space); Fotograma (Galeria Ortiz Contemporary); Arte Latina: Roar (Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center); Seven Shots (Bonn, Germany); Conjunto (Institute of Texas Cultures); Latino Expressions IV; Victoria Suescum's Tremendo Manicure (Museo Alameda del Smithsonian); and t he short film The Hot Room, which aired on Showtime Networks, Inc, among others.