Belgian director Joachim Lafosse faced the most challenging shoot of his career when he decided to make “The White Knights” (2015), a humanitarian drama with big French stars shot entirely in Morocco.
Official selection:
Palm Spring Int’l Film Festival 2016
Luxembourg City Film Festival 2016
… And also Hollywood Reporter review:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/50-days-desert-palm-springs-855704
Read More100 Joer fräi Gewerkschaften zu Lëtzebuerg (1916-2016)
En Documentaire vum Andy Bausch
De Film Streik! dokumentéiert a weist, unhand vu beweegte Biller, Fotoen, Aarbechterlidder, Zäitdokumenter an Interviewen, op eng mënschlech beréirend, lieweg a spannend Art a Weis d’sozial Konflikter an d’Entwécklung vun der fräier Gewerkschaftsbewegung zu Lëtzebuerg vun hiren Ufänk bis haut. All déi sozial Rechter, déi eis haut selbstverständlech schéngen, hu mer net vun uewen erof geschenkt kritt – si hu missten erkämpft ginn: Streik! ass e Film iwwert 100 Joer fräi Gewerkschaften (1916-2016) an domat och iwwert ee Jorhonnert Lëtzebuerger Sozialgeschicht vun ënnen.
Read MoreOn le connaît pour sa musique populaire, ses croisières de Pentecôte et ses bals
de carnaval. Très peu de gens toutefois savent que Fausti Cima, l’animateur le
plus populaire du Luxembourg, est aussi un musicien extrêmement chevronné,
que sa gamme musicale va du jazz au tango en passant par le swing et
évidemment la chanson populaire.
Après tout il fait de la scène depuis 63 ans ! Aux cafés, aux cabarets, aux
bases américaines, aux bals populaires… et des fois même au Palais Grand-
Ducal.
Faustino naît le 24 juillet 1940 à Luxembourg (Grund) dans une famille de
sept enfants. Très tôt il entre au Conservatoire, apprend l’accordéon et le
violon et à l’âge de 12 ans il commence à jouer comme accordéoniste un bal
populaire après l’autre. Dans les orchestres de Johnny Nimax et Jempi Faust il
joue de la guitare et de la contrebasse et devient très vite, dans la scène des
cabarets du quartier de la Gare, le batteur-star du Luxembourg. Fausti joue
avec l’orchestre RTL, chez Jean Roderes et enregistrera entre 1970 et 1974
plusieurs disques 33 tours avec le manager de musique sarrois Rudolf
Strassner, en l’occurrence des parodies de tubes anglais comme « Ich sitz’
hier im Schlauchboot » (« Me voilà assis dans mon pneumatique ») ou encore
« Das arme Mädchen von Seite 1 » (« La pauvre fille de la page 1 »).
The small village of Yangji. First it was swallowed up by the vastly expanding city of Guangzhou (previously: Canton). Now the villagers are supposed to clear out their simple homes. Modern China doesn’t have room for these old eyesores in what has become the financial district, and investors are ravenous for inner city plots. Only few dare to resist the highly corrupt political and economic system, which has little time or patience for the needs of individuals. Family father Ah Zhong has risked everything – and has successfully resisted eviction from his home. Now he advises homeowners in Xian how they can defend their rights. To the opposing villagers, Ah Zhong is a role model and a hero. But they refuse to see that the price Ah Zhong had to pay for his victory was extremely high – perhaps too high. A Pyrrhic victory.
Read MoreA teenage assassin first-person shooter, sent to eliminate a political witness, is thrust into the virtual playground of Las Vegas.
Read MoreA has-been filmmaker sets out to engrave a painful chapter in her country’s history by interviewing a notorious political strongman about the part he played in a brutal former regime. The filmmaker’s glory days are quite as faded as the political power her subject once enjoyed. And her old crew is no longer cohesive or motivated. They all go round and round, circling the past and touching on the future, both of which escape their grasp. Nothingness prevails. Meanwhile, on the street a poor woman shakes her fist at the skies and prays for an earthquake to bring justice. Civilization as a whole is on the edge and tipping over into the abyss. Hachim Lasri’s fourth feature is a cry in the asylum from which none of us will escape.
Read MoreIn a world faltering between fantastic and fantasy, lives Tarik, a man who, to earn his living, danses dressed as a woman, on a cart pulled by an old horse. Tarik is a victim of society, a broken man who lost his children in an accident and whose wife left for another man. Tarik drags his life and misery, cigarette between his lips, waiting for time to pass. But one day, the horse stops and Tarik must face his future.. Against his will he is involved in a terrible quest where he must face his pain and accept his grief. He will then learn to live again and let colours take him out of insanity and of himself.
Read MoreAn aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn’t consider.
Read MoreLuce and Ulysse love each other. They live a full and happy life managing their own little veterinary clinic on the Atlantic coast. Luce is awaiting a happy event. The future looks good. At least at first sight. But when baby Rose arrives, nothing goes as planned. Luce is out of her depth before the constant crying of her baby.
Read MoreDiane is a mysterious and lonely teenager. Sharing special bonds with her father Christian, she takes care of the education of her brother Marc. The arrival of Julia in the neighborhood, a charismatic and liberated young British woman, is going to disturb Diane’s daily life. Desperately willing to become an adult, Diane is going to live, for a semester, the most shattering experiences of her life. The more she gets close to Julia, the more she gets irresponsible, ignoring consequences and limits to her desires.
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