It was back in 2014 that I was raving in these pages about South African director Jenna Bass and her debut feature, Love The One You Love. An entirely improvised romantic drama with thriller overtones, Love The One You Love is a remarkable bit of work that marked the arrival of a very significant talent. And now Bass has done it again. Long in development on her more traditional feature Flat Land, Bass and a small group of friends and crew essentially got bored while waiting for the seasons to turn so that they could get started on that feature and rather than just watching time pass by they decided instead to replicate the Love The One You Love experience, packing up a micro-scale crew,...
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- 8/28/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Films from Colombia, South-Africa, Palestine and Brazil selected.
The Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf), which is administered by International Film Festival Rotterdam, has announced the four projects selected for its 2017 Hbf+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme.
The projects, from Colombia, South-Africa, Palestine and Brazil, have been awarded a contribution of €55,000 ($64,000). The selection includes projects from both debut and second-time filmmakers.
They are:
Clara Sola
The debut of Nathalie Álvarez Mésens. the A coming-of-age story of a woman, Clara, and her journey to break free from social and religious oppression. Ciudad Lunar (Colombia), the award-winning production company behind Oscar-nominated El Abrazo de la Serpiente, produces the film in co-production with Swedish producer Hob Ab, who receives the Hbf+Europe grant, and Danish production company Snowglobe Film.
Flatland
Directed by South-African Jenna Cato Bass. A Western about three women who embark on a journey of self-discovery in the Karoo semi-desert. Bass’ previous films include short The Tunnel (which screened at Sundance...
The Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf), which is administered by International Film Festival Rotterdam, has announced the four projects selected for its 2017 Hbf+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme.
The projects, from Colombia, South-Africa, Palestine and Brazil, have been awarded a contribution of €55,000 ($64,000). The selection includes projects from both debut and second-time filmmakers.
They are:
Clara Sola
The debut of Nathalie Álvarez Mésens. the A coming-of-age story of a woman, Clara, and her journey to break free from social and religious oppression. Ciudad Lunar (Colombia), the award-winning production company behind Oscar-nominated El Abrazo de la Serpiente, produces the film in co-production with Swedish producer Hob Ab, who receives the Hbf+Europe grant, and Danish production company Snowglobe Film.
Flatland
Directed by South-African Jenna Cato Bass. A Western about three women who embark on a journey of self-discovery in the Karoo semi-desert. Bass’ previous films include short The Tunnel (which screened at Sundance...
- 7/21/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Jenna Bass' feature film debut "Love the One You Love" makes its North American theatrical premiere today, in New York City, at the Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn. In brief, the Cape Town South Africa set drama follows parallel stories including a sex-line operator, a dog handler, and an It technician who begin to suspect that their romantic relationships are the subject of a bizarre conspiracy, involving their friends, family, and possibly even greater forces. Exploring themes of love, happiness, across a *new* South Africa, Bass' marvelous feature film debut comes a few years after her first short film, “The Tunnel” (covered on this blog) - a product of Focus...
- 3/3/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Jenna Bass' debut feature Love The One You Love has quickly emerged as a buzz title - arguably The buzz title - at the Durban International Film Festival with chatter following the premiere of the gushingly positive variety and for those who want a taste beyond our recently published review, take a look at the trailer below.Across the city of Cape Town, a sex-line operator (Chi Mhende), a dog handler (Andile Nebulane) and a It-technician (Louw Venter) begin to suspect that their romantic relationships are the subject of a bizarre conspiracy, involving their friends, family and possibly even greater forces. 'Love The One You Love's parallel stories question the ideals we hold too sacred: love, happiness, and the New South Africa, the pursuit of which...
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- 7/21/2014
- Screen Anarchy
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