Daniel Theophanous

Aug 19, 2024 | escunited.com | David Popescu |CJ Terry |Daniel Theophanous

🇳🇴 Norway: Stig Karlsen Steps Down as Norwegian HoD for Eurovision Today’s Eurovision news come to us from Norway. Namely, after a decade-long run as the music director and project leader for Melodi Grand Prix, Stig Karlsen has announced his departure from this position. The decision comes as a new and exciting opportunity emerged, involving a collaboration with Norway’s first female astronaut, Jannicke Mikkelsen. According to Karlsen, this role offers a …

Jul 22, 2024 | dmovies.org | Daniel Theophanous |Laurynas Bareiša |Pia Marais |Tato Kotetishvili

As mainstream films go, there’s always a propensity for narrational extremes, considering themselves as beacons of escapism from the doldrums of our ordinary life. But ordinary life can be is just as captivating with all its transient intricacies, felt keenly by and more adjacent to the lives of the audiences watching. The onus appears to lie in the hands of arthouse cinema, with movies such as Janet Planet, which inventively portrays the beauty and poignancy of the everyday.

Jul 21, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Daniel Theophanous

For this episode along with my guest will be dissecting Derek Jarman’s historical, religious, but ultimately queer debut Sebastiane. Released in 1976, is set in a sun drenched rocky coast line of the Mediterranean island of Sardinian. With a dialogue entirely in Latin, Sebastiane tells the story of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. The film is not a biopic by any means but more of a queer BDSM interpretation of this biblical story.

Jul 4, 2024 | escunited.com | Holly Wulf |David Popescu |CJ Terry |Daniel Theophanous

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that eleven countries will be participating in the 21st edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians contest, to be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024 in Bodø, Norway. In a press release, the EBU listed the participating broadcasters from Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland, who will be sending …

Jun 13, 2024 | dmovies.org | Daniel Theophanous |Debra Aroko |Leone Balduzzi |Sofia Exarchou

Thea Hvistendahl reinterprets a very familiar genre. The blood, the slashing, the ravenous attacks, the horrific deaths, and the frenzied action give room to a slow-paced, dystopian drama. The undead are in a permanent catatonic state with little to no appetite for human flesh. A bizarre, scarcely explicated cosmic occurrence triggers the recently deceased loved ones to miraculously come alive. This unearthly turn-of-events manifests itself in a selection of personal stories.