Sentences with phrase «young filmmakers issued»

As a reaction to the artistic and economic stagnation of German cinema, a group of young filmmakers issued the Oberhausen

Not exact matches

But perhaps it was the six award - winning films in MIFF's 50th Shorts Awards that most fittingly captured the hybrid nature of MIFF 2011, a selection of old and new forms of filmmaking, from a myriad of countries on a range of issues: A Fine Young Man (Kevan Funk, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Short Film; Best Australian Short, The Palace (Anthony Maras, 2011); Andrew Kavanagh, winner of the Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award for At the Formal (2010); Green Crayons, (Kazik Radwanski, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Fiction Short Film; Nullabor (Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, 2011) from Australia, the Best Animation Short Film; Leonids Story (Rainer Ludwigs, 2011) from Russia, the Best Documentary Short; and A History of Mutual Respect (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2010) from Portugal, winner of Best Experimental Short Film.

Perhaps that's the world these films operate in now, but when body image is already a difficult issue for many young teens, this sort of body worship smacks of blatant irresponsibility on the part of the filmmakers.

Without giving anything away, the 72 - year old auteur's filmmaking remains incredibly sprightly; one scene is as shocking and heart - stopping as anything a younger British filmmaker might serve up, and the final third of the film lets him tackle the issues facing today's youth with surprising credibility and nuance.

Notably absent the kind of condescension that can occur when an experienced filmmaker takes on a high school story, here Famuyiwa doesn't just reorient the high school film around the experience of a young black self - confessed geek, but riffs on social and class issues, and the riddles of perception versus reality during those difficult teenage years too.