Serhii Kastornykh

Nov 23, 2024 | dmovies.org | Paul Risker |Serhii Kastornykh |Raul Esko |Romet Esko

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNIn 1919, an inherited manor, a vampiric lady and a silent film director only scratch the surface of Latvian director Signe Birkova’s feature debut, Lotus. Lithuanian actress Severija Janušauskaitė plays Alice von Trotta, a silent film director who befriends the vampiric Madam Falstaff. Unbeknownst to Alice, Falstaff has ulterior motives. She wants to use Alice’s filmmaking know-how to create a propaganda film.

Nov 23, 2024 | dmovies.org | Joshua Polanski |Serhii Kastornykh |Raul Esko |Romet Esko

M[/dropccap]ainstream English language cinema – in both the feature and short film variety – rarely centres on Muslim lives and stories. It’s even rarer to see a queer image of Muslim life uplifted on screen. All the Men I Met but Never Dated, the autobiographical short from Pakistani-American Muneeb Hassan, does just that. That’s something for which we should be grateful.