LGBTQ+Tnm caught up with filmmakers Talin Subbaraya, Anureet Watta, Coraci Ruiz, Soumyajit Ghosh, Arun Siddharth, and Mani Shankar Iyer to discuss their films which were screened at the Chennai International Queer Film Festival.Saradha UInstagram/ Arun Siddharth, HomegrowninThe pride flag flapping at the entrance of Goethe-Institut beamed bright, welcoming people with its rainbow hues on a rainy evening in Chennai. The auditorium was abuzz with laughter, chatter, and imploding silence at times, depending on the film being screened. Despite the heavy downpour outside, the compact auditorium was filled to capacity at this year’s ‘Reel Desires - Chennai International Queer Film Festival’ (Ciqff), which saw the attendance of members from the Lgbtqia+ community, allies, and cinephiles. Queer narratives came to life through the 22 shorts, features, and documentaries from eight countries that were screened in the festival held between November 11 and 13. The organisers of the festival told Tnm that the...
- 11/24/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
The Brazilian documentary Letters to Angola, directed by Coraci Ruiz and Julio Matos and produced by Hidalgo Romero, has been running the international film festival circuit for over a year, winning the best documentary awards in Angola (Luanda International Film Festival), and Brazil (IV Ethnographic Film Festival of Recife). The feature documentary, anchored by Brazilian and Angolan musician and poets Allan Rock from Brazil, and Lukeny Bamba Fortunato from Angola, examines the ties that bind Brazil and Angola culturally and historically. You might recall another Brazilian documentary profiled on the site last October titled Tao Longe Aqui (Here is So Far) about a Brazilian woman who...
- 3/24/2014
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
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