Tributes — Retrospectives — Films about cinema
FRANCE, Sudan, Germany, Chad | 93 minutes | 2019
Four Sudanese directors, friends for over 45 years, decide to take up an unlikely challenge: bringing movies back to a country where all theatres have been shuttered. Talking about Trees reveals the many obstacles these hard-core film buffs face in a country kept down by an Islamist dictatorship. Suhaib Gasmelbari’s first film, a moving epic leavened by humour about a heroic struggle against an increasingly stringent bureaucracy, reminds us of the importance of showing films on the big screen, but also of the necessity of passing down cultural heritage to future generations."With unfailing artistry, Suhaib Gasmelbari brings much-deserved attention to four Sudanese filmmakers whose unquenchable passion for cinema withstands political repression." Variety
Best Documentary Award and Panorama Audience Award - Berlin Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize & Special Jury Prize - Istanbul Film Festival
No biography
Short film, Documentary
FRANCE | 17 minutes | 1973
A one take Super 8 film that explores the nature of the Cowboys and Indians myth perpetuated by widescreen Hollywood movies.
Short film, Fiction
CANADA | 3 minutes | 2006
Darryl Nepinak documents his mother as she teaches him and shares stories of how she learned how to make Bannock. A step by step way of teaching others...
CANADA | 7 minutes | 2006
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