Hot on the heels of the Essay Film Festival (22 MAR to 04 APR) comes ICA’s own Frames Of Representation (12 to 20 APR), an annual event dedicated to groundbreaking “cinema of the real” in all its possible forms. Here’s our quick RADIANT CIRCUS guide to what’s on.
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Following a recent screening at ArtHouse Crouch End, we chatted with ABOUT A WAR (2018) co-directors Daniele Rugo & Abi Weaver about their film, its origins & its future in the UK & Lebanon. Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS interview.
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ABOUT A WAR is a 2018 doc by academics & filmmakers Daniele Rugo & Abi Weaver. It looks back at the 15-year Lebanese Civil War from the perspective of three ex-combatants – Ahed, Amine & Assad. We caught up with the film & its makers at ArtHouse Crouch End (01 MAR 20:45). Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup.
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A remarkable and impressive feat of restored and colourised archive footage, catch a glimpse of the First World War as you’ve never seen it before.
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A documentary that follows the lives of two young men over the course of 5 years. Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of Alabama’s community, HALE COUNTY offers an emotive impression of the Historic South.
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Walthamstow Smartphone Film Festival took place at CentrE17 last year (23 NOV 2018), playing to a packed hall of locals, filmmakers and subjects from the community docs. Playing our part as first-time jury member and media partner, here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup.
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Some stories are proof that life can be stranger than fiction. A set of identical triplets separated at birth make a chance discovery at the age of 19 of each other’s existence. What begins as a fantastical tale of reunion quickly becomes a mystery of unanswered questions.
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The screening will be introduced by journalist and writer Daniela De Rosa.
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RADIANT CIRCUS went to the UK premiere of Lisa D’Apolito’s new documentary LOVE, GILDA at the Phoenix Cinema (09 DEC 2018). The film was introduced by the director and followed by a Q&A with Rebecca Nicole Williams, aka The Celluloid Sorceress. Here’s our writeup.
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RaMell Ross’ documentary HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING (2018) previewed at ICA last night followed by a conversation between the filmmaker & ICA Assistant Curator, Ifeanyi Awachie (04 DEC 2018). Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup.
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