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SZEL (1996)

Jon W. — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:23:58 +0000

During a film course lead by Yvette Biró at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and film in 1995, the director students were shown a black-and-white photo taken by Lucien Herve in 1952, and they were given the task of writing a short film based on it. Three women are standing at the outskirts of a village, looking out of the picture in the same direction. This six-minute one-shot film shows what the Herve photo does not.

Director: Marcell Iványi. AKA Wind.
Writer: Marcell Iványi.
Stars: Szilvia Czobor, Ilona Somogyi, Margit Gyovai.
Cinematographer: Zsolt Haraszti.

1996 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.

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AHDAT SANAWOVACH EL-DJAMR (1975)

Jon W. — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:17:25 +0000

Chronicle of the Years of Fire portrays Algeria’s struggle for independence from French colonial rule. The story follows a peasant’s migration from his drought-stricken village to his eventual participation with the Algerian resistance movement, just prior to the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence.

Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. AKA Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Writers: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (story), Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina & Tewfik Fares & Rachid Boudjedra (scenario).
Stars: Yorgo Voyagis, Larbi Zekkal, Cheikh Nourredine, Hassan El-Hassani, Leila Shenna, Sid Ali Kouiret, Sissani, Abdelhalim Rais, Taha El Amiri, Yahia Benmabrouk, Keltoum, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, François Maistre, Jacques David, Jacques Richard, Henri Czarniak, Hassan El Amir, Brahim Hadjadj, Malik Lakhdar-Hamina, Tarek Lakhdar-Hamina, Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina.
Cinematographer: Marcello Gatti.
Composer: Philippe Arthuys.

1975 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or.

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RIP Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934-2025)

UNAGI (1997) [DIRECTOR’S CUT]

Jon W. — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:53:42 +0000

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he’s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for the eel he “befriended” in prison. One day he finds the unconscious body of Keiko, who attempted suicide and reminds him of his wife. She starts to work at his shop, but he doesn’t let her become close to him.

Director: Shôhei Imamura. AKA The Eel / うなぎ
Writers: Shôhei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa, Akira Yoshimura (novel).
Stars: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Shô Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi, Sabu Kawahara, Etsuko Ichihara, Tomorô Taguchi, Chino Terada, Sanshô Shinsui, Kôichi Ueda, Ken Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shôichi Ozawa, Shinshô Nakamaru, Sei Hiraizumi, Seiji Kurasaki, Toshirô Ishidô.
Cinematographer: Shigeru Komatsubara.
Composer: Shinichirô Ikebe.

1997 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or.

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VYKRUTASY (1988)

Jon Whitehead — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:52:38 +0000

A story of a wire man who carried the idea of protecting himself from people around him to an absurdity by turning his wife and dog into barbed wire and thus isolating himself from the surrounding world.

Director: Garri Bardin. AKA Twists and Turns / The Coiling Prankster
Writer: Garri Bardin.

1988 Cannes FIlm Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.

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O PAGADOR DE PROMESSAS (1962)

Jon W. — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:17:08 +0000

Zé is a very poor man from the Brazilian countryside. His most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross – like Jesus – all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara’s church in the state capital. Upon the recover of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he came to know the context of Zé’s promise.

Director: Anselmo Duarte. AKA The Given Word
Writers: Anselmo Duarte, Dias Gomes (play).
Stars: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey, Roberto Ferreira, Antonio Pitanga, Norma Bengell, Othon Bastos, Gilberto Marques, Milton Gaucho, Enoch Torres, Carlos Torres, João Di Sordi, Veveldo Diniz, Maria Conceição, Irenio Simoes, Walter da Silveira, Napoleao Lopes Filho, Cecilia Rabelo, Jurema Penna, Alair Liguori.
Cinematographer: H.E. Fowle.
Composer: Gabriel Migliori.

1962 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or.
1963 Academy Awards – Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

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SCURTA ISTORIE (1956)

Jon W. — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:25:31 +0000

This 1956 Romanian short animation skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory into an eight minute short film. Not only that, it eerily anticipates the communist triumph of the USSR launching the first man into space by a few years.

Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo.

1957 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.

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KÜZDŐK (1977)

Jon W. — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 19:00:16 +0000

Metaphor about art, about time, or about how art consumes the artist’s life in his eagerness to create his work, in which he has to pour talent, vigor, and the best years of his life.

Director: Marcell Jankovics. AKA The Struggle.
Writer: Marcell Jankovics.
Cinematographer: Zoltán Bacsó.

1977 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.

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ANINO (2000)

Jon W. — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 11:00:36 +0000

A poor church photographer wanders into the harsh realities of life in the city of old Manila. His camera is stolen by a kid. He encounters intimidation in his search for the kid and goes through other misadventures.

Director: Raymond Red. AKA Shadows
Writer: Raymond Red.
Stars: Eddie Garcia, Ronnie Lazaro, John Arcilla, Ronnie Pulido, Ermie Concepcion, Randy PUnsal, Rolly Retirado, Nikki Umapos, Nonie Manjares, Jun Pancho, Ruben Lee.
Cinematographer: Raymond Red.
Composer: Yano.

2000 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.

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