For those of us not on the Croisette this week, Seventh Row programmes an alternate Cannes Film Festival 2021.
Film Festivals
‘It was a kind of exorcism’: Angelo Madsen Minax on making North by Current
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax discusses making North by Current, a deeply personal documentary about his own family’s grieving process.
Ferit Karahan revisited his time at a Turkish boarding school for the chilling Brother’s Keeper
Ferit Karahan discusses writing and directing Brother’s Keeper, a nuanced and bleak film about Kurdish children living in fear at a Turkish boarding school.
What to see at the 2021 Frameline Film Festival
The 2021 Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco’s annual LGBTQ+ film showcase, features Potato Dreams of America, Instruction for Survival, and Dear Tenant.
Highlights of the 2021 InsideOut Film Festival
The 2021 InsideOut Film Festival featured some of the best LGBTQ+ films of the year, with highlights including A Sexplanation and Beyto.
InsideOut review: Beyto is an unexpected coming-of-ager
Gitta Gsell’s Beyto is more admirable for what it attempts to explore about life as a gay Turkish immigrant in Switzerland than how successful it is at achieving this