Festivals: Valdiva
Venice 2016 Awards: THE WOMAN WHO LEFT, LA LA LAND and More
The 73rd Venice International Film Festival came to a close this evening with their annual awards ceremony. It was a big night for the Philippines and the prolific Lav Diaz as his latest picture, The Woman Who Left, took home...
Valdivia 2014 Review: BEAVERLAND Starts A Controversial Discussion
There are documentaries out there made to put forward a choice or a point of view, films made to make a statement on what we do as a society. Some of them even try to do something to change the...
Valdivia 2014 Review: SANTIAGO VIOLENTA, A Pleasant Surprise And A New Era For Díaz Espinoza
Though there are still three months left in the year and To Kill a Man has already been chosen for the Oscars as the Chilean representative (and rightfully so) I might say that the latest film by action-oriented director Ernesto...
Valdivia 2013 Review: NAOMI CAMPBEL, An Experience Of Intercultural And Transsexual Life
It's common practice in the Valdivia Film Festival to have at least one Chilean film in the International Film Competition that they have, as opposed to the Chilean Film Competition. But this year it was different, it wasn't only two Chilean...
Valdivia 2013 Review: CICHONGA, Classic Grindhouse Imitation Going Slightly Wrong
In the first days of the Valdivia film festival here in Chile, the talk of the town was the world premiere of Cichonga, which is weird for a festival where the main focus is art house cinema from around the...
