Festival des 3 continents 2021
After a year without audience, the Festival des 3 continents is back in public, in theatres, in Nantes, between the 19th and the 28th of november 2021 ! And I will attend this year's edition.
Last year won, ex-aequo, for the Mongolfière d'or, both :
- 精神0 (Seishin 0) / Zero / Professeur Yamamoto (2020/Kazuhiro SODA/Japan)
- 남매의 여름밤 / Moving On (2019/YOON Dan-bi/South Korea)
And they will both be projected on Sunday 28th of november.
In the lineup, many contemplative gems are featured :
- TSAI Ming-liang's Days
- Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL's Blissfully Yours
Whisky by Juan Pablo REBELLA & Pablo STOLL- Alamar by Pedro GONZALEZ-RUBIO
- La vie sur terre by Abderrahmane SISSAKO
- Mysterious Object At Noon by WEERASETHAKUL
- And Life Goes On by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
- Tug by Jon LAZAM
- A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces by ZHU Shengze (DOCU)
- Pedro by Natesh HEGDE
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My reviews from the festival at Unspoken Cinema :
- La tour d'introspection (Shimizu) - [Français]
- Pedro (2021) by Natesh HEGDE - [English]
- Natesh HEGDE interview for Pedro (2021) - [English]
- Mon festival - [Français]
- A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (2021) by Shengze Zhu - [English]
Comments
I'm back from Nantes, after 6 days and 19 screenings. What a blast! Great curation, great films, great cinémas, great management, great city... My only regret is not being able to see more films, especially Moving On and Professor Yamamoto.
Mongolfière d'or = Contes du hasard et autres fantasies / Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021/HAMAGUCHI/Japan)
Mongolfière d'argent ex-aequo = Pedro (2021/HEGDE/India) + Shankar's Fairies (2021/MAJUMDAR/India)
Prix du Jury Jeune = A New Old Play (2021/QIU/China)
Prix du Public = Contes du hasard et autres fantasies / Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021/HAMAGUCHI/Japan)