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Your Weekend Watch: Mosco Boucault's Police Investigation Series - never before released in the United States! -
With unparalleled access to detectives and witnesses, director Mosco Boucault crafts a series of gripping films that in some cases feel more like noir classics than documentaries.
Out now on DVD! From the Distrib Films US collection: TONI
Featuring Camille Cottin, star of CALL MY AGENT (2015-2020), in the lead role, and directed by young talent Nathan Ambrosioni, TONI is a comedy-drama about a single mother—and former pop star!—preparing for her life as an empty nester now that her five teenage children are all grown up. After years of putting her family first, what would it mean to pursue her own future? 🔗 https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-toni-0514
“A work of great maturity from such a young filmmaker with undeniable talent.” —CNews
“A funny, touching, intelligent, and feminist family chronicle.” —Marie Claire
Acquisition News: Mosco Boucault's Police Investigation Series -
With unparalleled access to detectives and witnesses, director Mosco Boucault crafts a series of gripping films that in some cases feel more like noir classics than documentaries.
"A series of intimately observed documentary works, fixing an acutely modern lens on urgent social issues and protracted political conflicts in the DRC and wider Sub-Saharan Africa while also remaining grounded in the concrete through their director’s alertness to everyday detail."
AS SEEN BY DIEUDO HAMADI opens tomorrow, June 8 at Metrograph with DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA.
"A vital body of work by a still-young filmmaker at the vanguard of modern documentary."
Get your 🎟️🎟🎟🎟 for the 'As Seen By Dieudo Hamadi' series at Metrograph this weekend Saturday June 8 + 9 & Saturday June 15 - including DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA - the first DRC film to be an Official Selection at Festival de Cannes
Check out the trailer here!
Arriving June 8 Born in Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1984, Hamadi is one of the most compelling talents in contemporary African cinema and international nonfiction filmmaking as a whole. His intimately observed documentary works fix an acutely modern lens on urgent social issues and protr...
Gorgeously restored in 2K and now available on Blu-ray for the first time ever: SIX IN PARIS 🌷 Six vignettes on the City of Light by six iconic filmmakers. Extras: 1965 interviews with Barbet Schroeder, Jean Rouch, and Éric Rohmer!
Icarus Films has partnered with OCN Distribution to release SIX IN PARIS on Blu-ray, now available for pre-order via Vinegar Syndrome. A stunning limited-edition slipcover version is also available now.
Pre-order now 🌷 💿 mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-vubd-0605
"A vital body of work by a still-young filmmaker at the vanguard of modern documentary."
Get your 🎟️🎟🎟🎟 for the 'As Seen By Dieudo Hamadi' series at Metrograph this weekend Saturday June 8 + 9 & Saturday June 15 - including DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA - the first DRC film to be an Official Selection at Festival de Cannes
Check out the trailer here!
https://watch.metrograph.com/videos/hamadi-trailer
"A vital body of work by a still-young filmmaker at the vanguard of modern documentary."
Get your 🎟️for As Seen By Dieudo Hamadi at Metrograph this weekend June 8 + 9 + Saturday June 15 - including DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA the first DRC film to be an Official Selection at the Festival de Cannes https://metrograph.com/category/as-seen-by-dieudo-hamadi/
Thomas Heise (1955 – 2024) 💔 We are deeply saddened to learn of documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise's sudden death at age 68. His internationally acclaimed film HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME, released by Icarus Films in 2019, is an understated epic that brilliantly marries the written word, image, and sound design. More: http://icarusfilms.com/if-hei
Happy birthday Agnès Varda! in 1928. Stills from her early short, Ô Saisons, Ô Châteaux 🌹 ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-osais
Alysson Paradis and Élodie Bouchez in Amore Mio. Lola (Alysson Paradis) is reeling. Her husband, Raphael (Félix Maritaud, shown only in flashbacks), died suddenly, leaving her to raise their 8-year…
OVID presents its June streaming lineup! Coming up from Icarus next month:
✨Sam Soko's riveting SOFTIE, which follows one of Kenya's most accomplished photojournalists and activists during his electoral run
✨The exclusive streaming premiere of Mila Turaljić's documentary diptych SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS: NON-ALIGNED and CINE-GUERRILLAS
✨New Archival Extras to accompany Barbet Schroeder's SIX IN PARIS (1965) - featuring Barbet Schroeder, Patrick Bauchau, Éric Rohmer, and Jean Rouch!
More info🔗
OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentary and art-house films from around the world, announces its wide-ranging selection of films coming in June 2024.
Out today on DVD! From the Distrib Films US collection: AMORE MIO
Still in shock from the sudden death of her husband, Lola (Alysson Paradis) makes a snap decision to flee the funeral with her 7-year-old son and long-estranged sister, Margaux (Élodie Bouchez). AMORE MIO is an affirming story of re-discovering family and living life fully in the face of overwhelming grief.
"A delicate, sensitive, and very touching debut film" —Le Figaro
Learn more 🔗 mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-amoremio-0416?e=82c8071bfa
“An outstanding exposé on the effects political culture wars can have on the factuality of children’s education.” —Video Librarian
EDUCATION AND NATIONALISM traces growing government intervention in Japanese history and social science education — an issue that touches not only Japan but countries all over the world.
▶️ Learn more 🔗 https://icarusfilms.com/if-ednat
"The storytelling is fluid with a brilliant sense of ellipsis, an essential feature for a medium-length film." reviews NIKAH by Mukkadas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan in favorable comparable light to Jia Zhangke, Wang Bing and Jafar Panahi.
Read: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/05/film-review-nikah-mukkadas-mijit-and-bastien-ehouzan/
Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali (1936-1987) was an uncompromising critic. He produced thousands of cartoons satirizing the powers that be in the Middle East. His work would earn him many powerful enemies and, ultimately, cost him his life.
Documentary NAJI AL-ALI examines the forces that shaped Naji as an artist and a human being and features interviews with his wife, leading Arab journalists and poets, former jail mates, and more. Watch now, exclusively streaming on OVID or available to rent for 72 hrs via Icarus Films ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-naji
Naji Ali-Ali's work and impact stand to the present day: his character Handala, a little boy symbolizing the resilience of Palestinians, has been appearing on signs, murals, graffiti, posters, and paintings across the globe. Learn more 🔗nytimes.com/2024/05/17/arts/design/handala-palestinian-cartoon-protest.html
By the time COVID-19 appeared, South African filmmaker Rehad Desai was all too familiar with pandemics. Not only had he previously worked in HIV prevention, he was also making a film about a clinical trial for a vaccine that held the promise of ending new AIDS infections.
South Africa’s HIV response was slowed by science-denying politicians, along with global trade rules and corporate pharmaceutical greed that prevented those most in need from getting treatment. In TIME OF PANDEMICS, Desai argues that the world has repeated many of these same mistakes with COVID-19...
This , watch Rehad Desai's TIME OF PANDEMICS ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-timeof
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature: NIKAH, directed by Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit Grand Jury Award...
On March 1, 1996, 15-year-old Shafeeq Murrel was killed in a crossfire between rival gangs on the street in South Philadelphia. Shafeeq’s murder was shelved as a cold case until two detectives took it on.
Filmed like a taut police procedural, Mosco Boucault's THE SHOOTING ON MOLE STREET is a gripping verité documentary that captures the complex dynamics of a community where selling drugs is seen as the only option for many young men.
Streaming exclusively on OVID ▶️ ovid.tv/videos/the-shooting-on-mole-street
Also available via 72 hr rental on Icarus Films On Demand 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-mole
Directed by Mosco Boucault • Documentary • 1998 • 90 minutes On March 1, 1996, 15-year-old Shafeeq Murrel was killed on the street in South Philadelphia — innocently caught in the crossfire between rival pairs of crack dealers out for revenge. Shafeeq’s murder was one of 435 in Philadelphi...
Today marks the grim commemoration of the (ongoing) Nakba of 1948. LYD, a film by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland, features testimonies with Palestinians who survived the Nakba, and animated scenes that imagine another fate. Lyd in Exile - اللد في المنفى screens for two extra nights at DCTV in NYC on May 16 + 17th, and opens at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema this Sunday, May 19th. Co-director Sarah Ema Friedland will be present at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for a Q&A after the Monday, May 20 screening. https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/lyd
Congratulations Mila Turajlic on winning the BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD (by Cinema Without Borders) for BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM and the AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM at SEEfest 2024 for her film NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS! The film will begin streaming on OVID in June, so stay tuned...
BARCO HDR MASTER LIGHTSTEERING COLOR GRADE PRIZEAS FAR AS I CAN WALK by Stefan ArsenijevićMURINA by Antoneta Alamat KusijanovićKLONDIKE by Maryna Er Gorbach
New on DVD 6/11: Camille Cottin stars in TONI - "A standout for this season!" (CNEWS) "An exciting comedy of second chances!" (L'Obs) "Lively, touching, and funny!" (Le Figaro). Learn more: https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-toni-0514
Tomorrow night's screening of LYD at DCTV is SOLD OUT but have no fear Lyd in Exile - اللد في المنفى returns next week BY POPULAR DEMAND for two shows on Thursday, May 16 & Friday, May 17 at 7 pm - head to the DCTV website now before those sell out too!! 🎟️🎟️🎟️
https://firehouse.dctvny.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=391994~2998286f-8e4b-4c31-9017-dcced8ffebb3&
Remembering Pema Tseden (December 3rd, 1969 - May 8th, 2023)
One year ago today, the film world reeled at the news of the death of Pema Tseden, the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema.
"We lost Pema at the peak of his artistry, he had so much more to say and to show us. Pema’s loss leaves a giant hole in global cinema and in our community." —Karin Chien, dGenerate Films
More on how to watch Tseden's film + read film scholar Chris Berry's piece from Film Quarterly in this weeks Icarus Films Online 🔗
"We lost Pema at the peak of his artistry, he had so much more to say and to show us. Pema’s loss leaves a giant hole in global cinema and in our community."—Karin Chien, dGenerate Films
A new film about the once-thriving Palestinian city of Lyd, now known as the Israeli city Lod and home to Ben Gurion Airport, has begun screening in the United States. The film is a “science fiction documentary” that depicts the Palestinian city both wi...
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Part III of post-LYD discussion from the weekend with filmmakers Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland. Thank you, again, to Arielle Angel and Jewish Currents for hosting this screening. Check the DCTV website for any remaining available tickets over the coming days before they sell out completely!!! 🎟🎟🎟
More post-LYD discussions over the weekend with filmmakers Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland. Thank you to Arielle Angel and Jewish Currents for hosting this screening. Check the DCTV website for any remaining available tickets for LYD over the coming days before they sell out completely!!! 🎟🎟🎟
Rami Younis in conversation with LYD co-director Sarah Ema Friedland and moderator Winnie Cheung @dctvny over the weekend. Two additional screenings have been added to this week’s run on Tuesday and Wednesday at 4pm. Get your tickets!! 🎟🎟🎟🎟🎟🎟 @ramiyounis48 @sarah.friedland @lydinexile @w1nn1th
Congratulations to Rabha El Haymar, who today receives the 2024 International Women of Courage Award at the White House. Rabha El Haymar's fight to have her daughter legitimized by the Moroccan judicial system was documented in Deborah Perkin's documentary BASTARDS: OUTCAST IN MOROCCO (icarusfilms.com/if-bas), a complex and compelling portrait of Moroccan society and its attitudes to women, female sexuality, their position in society, and access to education. Available to rent on demand now! Also available for on institutional DVD ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-bas More info on the award 🔗 state.gov/2024-international-women-of-courage-award-recipients-announced/
In 1965, Norman Morrison, a Quaker and anti-war pacifist, set himself ablaze in front of the Pentagon to protest the U.S. war in Vietnam. In this clip from FAR FROM VIETNAM, Anne Morrison recounts the story of her husband's sacrifice. Director William Klein intercuts her interview with Ann Uyen, a Vietnamese woman living in Paris, who talks about the importance of the act to Vietnam. Initiated and edited by Chris Marker, FAR FROM VIETNAM is a collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam. Per Marker's narration, "to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression." 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-far
Acquistion News! Canada’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards – ROJEK – will be available to watch #OnDemand from December 12th, 2023! Press release 🔗 mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/acquisition-news-rojek-by-zayne-akyol-available-for-viewingvod Watch trailer now ▶️
Shot over five years and compiled from 2,600 hours of footage of young migrant laborers working in privately-run garment workshops, the latest from master Chinese documentarian Wang Bing, YOUTH (SPRING) comes to Metrograph in NYC from Nov 10th, Roxie Theater in San Francisco Nov 11th, The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Nov 17th, Acropolis Cinema in LA Nov 18th, and other select venues to be announced.
Tonight is the final screening of Alain Kassanda's COLETTE AND JUSTIN at @dctvny! Check out this fantastic reel @nyu_ifs made during the films premiere run this past week ♥ . . . #alainkassanda #coletteandjustin #dctvny #dctv #dctvfirehousecinema #drc #congo #documentaryfilm #documentary #documentaryfilmmaking
OUT NOW!! 2-disc box set EARLY SHORT FILMS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE, released today on Blu-ray & DVD! The 19 newly restored films in this box set represent the dawn of the French New Wave, including films by Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda & more. Order yours 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-nwsh
OUT NOW!! 2-disc box set EARLY SHORT FILMS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE, now available on Blu-ray & DVD. The 19 newly restored films in this box set represent the dawn of the French New Wave, the earliest works of its most emblematic auteurs! Includes films by Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda & more! 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-nwsh
Never seen on American screens before, THE FIRST YEAR (El primer año), is the 1972 debut feature by master documentarian Patricio Guzmán, all set for a weeklong engagement at Anthology Film Archives in New York City, playing September 8—15, followed by other North American cities. This long overdue theatrical run is presented in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1973 U.S.-backed coup in Chile, which saw the democratically elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende violently toppled by military forces led by General Augusto Pinochet, a cataclysmic event that marked a turning point not only in the history of Chile but in the history of Latin America as a whole. THE FIRST YEAR is a prequel of sorts to Guzmán’s THE BATTLE OF CHILE, by many accounts one of the greatest documentary films ever made, which will be screened simultaneously at BAM Film in Brooklyn from September 8th. Tickets are now on sale at Anthology Film Archives: https://bit.ly/45ygl40
Icarus Films reveals our new trailer for the North American theatrical release of a new 2K restoration of THE BATTLE OF CHILE (LA BATALLA DE CHILE, 1975-1979), by master documentarian Patricio Guzmán, considered one of the greatest documentaries ever made (Time Out and Sight and Sound). Opening on Friday, September 8, three days before the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile on September 11, 1973, THE BATTLE OF CHILE will have a weeklong run BAM Film Rose Cinemas in New York City, followed by other cities.
A NEW OLD PLAY has been screening to sold-out audiences across North America —and now it's finally available for you to stream! #QIUJiongjiong's masterwork is the documentary filmmaker's very first fiction film, a unique hybrid of fiction, historical reminiscence, and experimental theatre, following the epic journey of Qiu Yu, a Sichuan opera 'clown,' as he travels through Chinese history. Now streaming exclusively on OVID: ovid.tv/videos/a-new-old-play
SPACE DOGS on the big screen at last! NYC THEATRICAL PREMIERE! Weeklong engagement begins TODAY at Anthology Film Archives. Filmmakers #ElsaKremser & #LevinPeter in person 11/3. “Disney directed by Tarkovsky” —CineVue. TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🎟️ bit.ly/3FD6qjY | Deutsches Haus at New York University, RAUMZEITFILM, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Erste Bank und Sparkasse, SPACE DOGS |
From the director who brought us masterpieces such as THE BATTLE OF CHILE and NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT, comes his newest film. Veteran documentarian Patricio Guzmán's MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY opens in New York City next Friday for its premiere theatrical run! 📍 IFC Center 📅 September 23rd through September 29th, 2022 🎟️ ifccenter.com/films/my-imaginary-country/ "Urgent and inspired, MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY features harrowing front-line protest footage and interviews with dynamic activist leaders and powerfully connects Chile’s complex, bloody history to contemporary revolutionary social movements and the election of a new president." Coming soon to cities across the United States & Canada, including Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Iowa City, San Diego, Seattle, & more!
Blink and you'll miss it! Epic cameo by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina in LE JOLI MAI (1963). #RIP #JLG | ovid.tv/videos/le-joli-mai
We're excited to announce that Patricio Guzmán's new documentary, My Imaginary Country, will premiere at NYC's IFC Center on September 23rd. Urgent and inspired, MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY features harrowing front-line protest footage and interviews with dynamic activist leaders and powerfully connects Chile’s complex, bloody history to contemporary revolutionary social movements and the election of a new president. https://www.ifccenter.com/films/my-imaginary-country/
"Really epitomizes the power of cinema in preserving the truth, which is no small feat, and in the current realty of Hong Kong, a valiant victory." - Wilson Kwong, VCinema Chan Tze Woon's BLUE ISLAND opens TOMORROW at Laemmle Theatres! Screening at the #LaemmleRoyal in West L.A. from August 19th to August 25th. Tickets on sale now! 🎟️ laemmle.com/film/blue-island
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