The Contenders: 5 Outstanding Documentaries Competing At The 67th BAFTA Awards
The 67th BAFTA Awards arrives this year with a full list of great nominees. Only one week after the Oscar ceremony, the British capital will celebrate the big day of cinema. This edition brings us five outstanding works that will compete in the Best Documentary category. From the most horrific side of the history of Indonesia to one of the biggest media scandals in the XXI century, it won’t be easy for the jury to decide who the Bafta mask will go to. The Act of Killing It was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars 2014; however, its anonymous co-director turned the invitation down. “The Act of Killing” explores not only the impunity enjoyed by a group of small-time gangsters that killed thousands of people during the 60s in Indonesia, but it also shows the emotions...
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4 Existential Short Films At The Berlinale 2014
The big screen arrives once again to the exciting and cosmopolitan capital of Germany. Berlinale, which has been celebrated since 1978, will be hosting 25 short films from 21 different countries competing for the Golden Bear. The 64th International Short Film Jury will be composed by Edwin E. from Indonesia, Nuno Rodrigues from Portugal and Christine Tohme from Lebanon. For another year, Berlin brings us the chance to test the limits of our comprehension thanks to a wide variety of radical and independent short films. Without any doubt, The Berlinale 2014 is another reason to visit this amazing capital. Afronauts (USA) Afronauts by Frances Bodomo tells us the alternative story of the Space Race in 1960. While the Americans are trying to send the Apollo to the Moon, a group of exiles in the Zambian desert are trying to...
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