One of the best parts of the Hot Docs Film Festival is its ability to bring exotic images from the far corners of the planet to Canada. Over the years there have been films about pirates in Somalia, child armies running wild in Columbia, and sauna culture in Finland. Enter a new tale: an explosively colourful, unusual, and even baffling visual feast from India called "Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens."
The setting is The Sonepur Fair, an Indian region that borders Nepal. It's dusty, humid and hot, and the countryside is a little rundown. The rivers Ganges and Gandak run along the fairgrounds, where hundreds of pilgrims wash and converse. While it offers a midway, dancing, singing and motor sports, it's not the most modern-looking of events; think traditional India meets "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."
The fair takes place every November, on the full moon day of Kartika Purnima.
The setting is The Sonepur Fair, an Indian region that borders Nepal. It's dusty, humid and hot, and the countryside is a little rundown. The rivers Ganges and Gandak run along the fairgrounds, where hundreds of pilgrims wash and converse. While it offers a midway, dancing, singing and motor sports, it's not the most modern-looking of events; think traditional India meets "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."
The fair takes place every November, on the full moon day of Kartika Purnima.
- 4/30/2014
- by Mark Wigmore
- Moviefone
Following news that the Tribeca film festival is launching a parallel, online version of itself, Flatpack's Ian Francis brings you a webby preview of this week's filmic fun in Birmingham
Flatpack kicks off tonight. If the film festival were a house party, this is the stage when we would start dishing out the nibbles, removing any unsightly carpet stains and hoping people turn up.
Flatpack has long liked to mix things up ("wilfully eclectic" says the Guardian) and this year's programme includes documentary, animation, independent cinema, audio-visual performance and archive cut-ups, with a generous side order of food art. We'll be taking over venues across Birmingham, including pubs, galleries and warehouses, the town hall and the century-old Electric cinema, and we'll also be trundling all over the city thanks to the vintage mobile cinema. This modified Bedford truck was commissioned in the 60s by Tony Benn to tour British factories,...
Flatpack kicks off tonight. If the film festival were a house party, this is the stage when we would start dishing out the nibbles, removing any unsightly carpet stains and hoping people turn up.
Flatpack has long liked to mix things up ("wilfully eclectic" says the Guardian) and this year's programme includes documentary, animation, independent cinema, audio-visual performance and archive cut-ups, with a generous side order of food art. We'll be taking over venues across Birmingham, including pubs, galleries and warehouses, the town hall and the century-old Electric cinema, and we'll also be trundling all over the city thanks to the vintage mobile cinema. This modified Bedford truck was commissioned in the 60s by Tony Benn to tour British factories,...
- 3/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Quickly establishing itself as one of the premiere events for genre cinema in Canada is the edgy Temps 0 program at Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinema and this year is no exception. Though the official press conference isn't until tomorrow morning we've got an early look at the lineup and it's a good one. Voila!
The Last Circus (Alex de la Iglesia)
La Casa Muda (The Silent House) (Gustavo Hernandez) North-American Premiere
Chatroom (Hideo Nakata) North-American Premiere
Colorful (Keiichi Hara) North American Premiere
Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima)
David Wants to Fly (David Sieveking)
Doman Seman (Go Shibata) Canadian Premiere
Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé) Director will be present
Headless Family (Kote Aramboy) International Premiere
Hisss (Jennifer Chambers Lynch) Canadian Premiere
The Intruder (Thanadol Nualsuth, Thammanoon Sakulboonthanom) North American Premiere
Kaboom (Gregg Araki)
Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora) In 35mm with director present
Monsters (Gareth Edwards)
Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
Raavanan (Tamil Version) (Mani Ratnam...
The Last Circus (Alex de la Iglesia)
La Casa Muda (The Silent House) (Gustavo Hernandez) North-American Premiere
Chatroom (Hideo Nakata) North-American Premiere
Colorful (Keiichi Hara) North American Premiere
Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima)
David Wants to Fly (David Sieveking)
Doman Seman (Go Shibata) Canadian Premiere
Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé) Director will be present
Headless Family (Kote Aramboy) International Premiere
Hisss (Jennifer Chambers Lynch) Canadian Premiere
The Intruder (Thanadol Nualsuth, Thammanoon Sakulboonthanom) North American Premiere
Kaboom (Gregg Araki)
Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora) In 35mm with director present
Monsters (Gareth Edwards)
Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
Raavanan (Tamil Version) (Mani Ratnam...
- 9/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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