Simon of the Mountain (Simon de la montaña) (2024)

  • José Luis Torres Leiva’s ‘When Clouds Hide the Shadow’ to Open Horizontes Latinos of San Sebastian Film Festival

    When Clouds Hide the Shadow by José Luis Torres Leiva
    When Clouds Hide the Shadow by José Luis Torres Leiva (courtesy SSIF)

    When Clouds Hide the Shadow (Cuando las nubes esconden las sombras) by José Luis Torres Leiva will open Horizontes Latinos of the 2024 San Sebastian International Film Festival. In When Clouds Hide the Shadow, the actress and director María Alché travels to the world’s southernmost point to shoot a film.

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  • Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘To a Land Unknown’ Wins Top Prize at 41st Munich Film Festival

    To a Land Unknown, 41st Munich International Film Festival Award Ceremony
    © Kurt Krieger / Filmfest München

    The 41st Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) presented the awards in the five international competitions (CineCoPro, CineMasters, CineVision, CineRebels, and CineKindl), the FIPRESCI Prize, the Young Jury Award, and the three Audience Awards, with the most lucrative prize, the 100,000-euro CineCoPro Award, going to the film “To a Land Unknown” by Mahdi Fleifel.

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  • 63rd Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils Lineup, Opens with Jonathan Millet’s ‘Ghost Trail’

    Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes) directed by Jonathan Millet
    Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes) (courtesy La Semaine de la Critique)

    The psychological thriller Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes) from French director Jonathan Millet will open the 63rd Cannes Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique) taking place May 15th – 23rd, 2024. In his first feature, Millet’s Ghost Trail starring French-Tunisian actor Adam Bessa tells the story of a war criminal hunted down by one of his victims who never saw his oppressor’s face, but knows his smell, his voice, and his skin.

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