Our Newsflashes provide daily updates on the media repercussion enjoyed by the films selected for the different Festival sections and the list of professional activities scheduled for the following day. Newsflashes are sent out to all industry professionals accredited.
“Clearly the most prestigious film maker currently on the Uruguayan movie scene” Koldo Landaluze, GARA
“An outstanding sensory experience. Landes strikes over and over again with the horrific absurdity of war” Koldo Landaluze, GARA
“The film conveys (…) the fascination of big-screen images and the intoxicating, hallucinogenic power of those points in the film leaves a lasting mark” Oti Rodríguez Marchante, ABC
“The lead character’s passion for cinema, the tribute to the Hollywood of the 70s (…) and his dreams and nightmares of triumph are endearing in all their craziness” Ricardo Aldarondo, DIARIO VASCO
“What really gives ‘Heroic Losers’ a boost is its expression of national character, the way it attaches itself to this rousing fantasy to score one for the downtrodden.” Scott Tobias, VARIETY
“Oren Gerner’s film has been lovingly crafted. It carefully observes Meier’s worries and creates a safe environment in which the feelings he denies are revealed to the camera” Uxue Arzelus, BERRIA
“Lynn + Lucy is a substantial piece of work. Skilfully shot using a square aspect ratio. It’s bare, dangerous, sullen. Boulifa’s film works” Begoña del Teso, DIARIO VASCO
“What Boulifa and DoP Taina Galis add to the mix – thanks also to their fourhander edit – is a strikingly expressionist take on a story” Lee Marshall, SCREENDAILY
“The young director has crafted the film as though it were a dance that he has choreographed. Everything we see is dance (…) it lives and breathes dance and excites” Uxue Arzelus, BERRIA
“Faultless cinematography, an unhurried film, minimalist stories but with stimulating undertones” Mikel G. Gurpegui, DIARIO VASCO
“The young Galician film maker Oliver Laxe once again proves one to watch with this new creative leap (…) he has reached creative maturity thanks to a highly personal and nuanced dialogue” Koldo Landaluze, GARA
“You know exactly what climax is coming in Oliver Laxe’s rustically beautiful rural parable, but its dreamy, mesmeric power lies in the waiting” Guy Lodge, VARIETY
“Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho is on excoriating form in his exceptional pitch-black tragicomedy about social inequality in modern Korea.” Jessica Kiang, VARIETY
“A stimulating, entertaining and smart film that will surprise you over and over again. Don’t miss it” Mikel G. Gurpegui, DIARIO VASCO
“An enjoyable, beautiful film brimming with attractive features. Hugely entertaining and endearing” Mikel G. Gurpegui, DIARIO VASCO
“Angela Schanelec's latest auteur puzzle is elegant and entirely elliptical.” Guy Lodge, VARIETY