Ivie Uzebu

3 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Brogan Morris |Joseph Fahim |Ros Cranston |Ivie Uzebu

In one of his final interviews before his death in 2010, Tony Curtis admitted that he had in his day “wanted to be taken seriously as an actor”. This, frankly, wasn’t always evident from the films.

3 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Joseph Fahim |Ros Cranston |Ivie Uzebu |Joseph Fahim Obituaries

Destiny works in mysterious ways. The iconic Algerian filmmaker Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina died at the age of 91 on 25 May, the day after Cannes celebrated the 50th anniversary of his masterwork Chronicle of the Years of Fire, the sole Arab and African film to win the Palme d’Or. Confining Lakhdar-Hamina’s legacy to that Palme d’Or win would be gravely reductive.

4 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Andrew Osmond |Ros Cranston |Ivie Uzebu |Chloe Walker

This March, there was rejoicing among animation fans and practitioners at an Oscar upset. The animated film Flow, directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, won the Academy Award for best animated feature, beating Hollywood blockbusters by Pixar and DreamWorks. Flow is a flood fable without words or humans, telling the story of a small black cat who finds a family of other animals, from a capybara to a Labrador, on a boat on a deluged world.

4 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Ivie Uzebu |Ros Cranston |Chloe Walker |Kieron Corless

A sudden, deafening crack rings out at the start of Mountains, the debut feature from Haitian-American director Monica Sorelle. A monstrous crane’s jaws unhinge wide, preparing to rip apart a roof with ravenous greed before swallowing up large gulps of water from a pool. It’s a moment of sheer violence, but the tension dissipates as we are introduced to Haitian construction worker Xavier (Atibon Nazaire), sitting on a makeshift seat made of disfigured scrap and sucking sweet juice from a mango.