Tolle Ella-Fitzgerald-Doku: „Just One of Those Things“ (#FFHH19)

Eines meiner persönlichen Highlights des diesjährigen Filmfests Hamburg war die wunderbare Doku „Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things“ (Offizielle Website).

Ich muss gestehen, dass ich mit dem Schaffenswerk der Dame selbst als Ex-Musikjournalist nicht wirklich vertraut war. Mir war sie vor allem durch ihren Kurz-Scat im Song „Birdland“ auf dem grandiosen Quincy-Jones-Album „Back on the Block“ intensiver aufgefallen:

Meine Empfehlungen zum 24. Filmfest Hamburg 2016: Tweets & Trailer (#FFHH16)

Seit Donnerstag, 29. September 2016, läuft das 24. Filmfest Hamburg. Hier sind meine spontanen Kurzbewertungen der bisher gesehenen Filme (Höchstpunktzahl: 5), die ich direkt nach dem Kinobesuch zu twittern versuche. Ich verwende dabei den offiziellen Hashtag #FFHH16. Die Liste wird ständig aktualisiert. (Hier geht’s direkt zu den Updates von Samstag (1.10.) / Sonntag (2.10.) / Montag (3.10.) / Mittwoch (5.10.) / Donnerstag (6.10.) / Freitag (7.10.) / Samstag (8.10.).)

Am ersten Freitag gesehen

Elle (F/D/B 2016): Sadistische Spiele gequälter Seelen, fesselnd inszeniert von Paul Verhoeven. https://t.co/YxkxWGIaej **** #ffhh16

— Peter Jebsen (@pjebsen) September 30, 2016

Looking back at the 13th Indian Film Festival (Indisches Filmfestival) Stuttgart (#IFFStuttgart)

Since 2005, I have been visiting the Indian Film Festival / Indisches Filmfestival Stuttgart (my 2016 preview) almost every year. Here are short Twitter reviews of the 18 movies I was able to watch this year (sorted by rating, the highest one would have been 5 stars/*****):

.@ParchedTheMovie (IND/USA 2015): Powerful drama about emancipation of four rural Indian women. ****½ https://t.co/1rkgstGpCu #IFFStuttgart

— Peter Jebsen (@pjebsen) July 21, 2016

My movie selection for the 13th Indian Film Festival (Indisches Filmfestival) Stuttgart (#IFFStuttgart)

For the first time in years, I was able to thoroughly prepare for the Indian Film Festival / Indisches Filmfestival which starts in Stuttgart/Germany today.

Deepa Mehta at 15th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival (#R2RFIFF) / Looking back at Stuttgart’s #IFFSTR15

Deepa Mehta at the 7th Annual Canadian Filmmakers’ Party 2012 (Photo: Canadian Film Centre / Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)

Announced today: Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta will be the guest of honour at this year’s River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival in beautiful Florence/Italy (from December 5 to 11, 2015) – always my favourite movie fest of the year.

From Deepa Mehta’s Wikipedia entry :

[She is] most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Water was Canada’s official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the second non-French-language Canadian film to put forth for consideration in that category (the first being Zacharias Kunuk’s 2001 Inuktitut-language feature, Atanarjuat), and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. She also co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions, with her husband, producer David Hamilton in 1996. She was awarded a Genie Award in 2003 for the screenplay of Bollywood/Hollywood. In May 2012, Mehta received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts.

Meine Empfehlungen zum 23. Filmfest Hamburg 2015: Tweets & Trailer (#FFHH15)

23. Filmfest Hamburg 2015

Seit Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2015, läuft das 23. Filmfest Hamburg. Hier sind meine spontanen Kurzbewertungen der bisher gesehenen Filme (Höchstpunktzahl: 5), die ich direkt nach dem Kinobesuch zu twittern versuche. Ich verwende dabei Hashtag #FFHH15. Die Liste wird ständig aktualisiert. (Hier geht’s direkt zu den Updates von Samstag/Sonntag/Montag/Dienstag/Freitag/Samstag.)

A Perfect Day (S 2015): Bittere Kriegsgroteske über Sisyphusarbeit von NGO-Helfern im Balkan. https://t.co/Ykagehyb4D ***½ von ***** #ffhh15

— Peter Jebsen (@pjebsen) October 2, 2015

Looking back at River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival 2014 … and some Florence tips

This year, I was only able to enjoy River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival for five days. But it was my tenth time in a row – and I got to see a particularly fascinating special guest (Irrfan Khan – you can watch more videos of his Q&A sessions here).

Movie Talk with Irrfan Khan @River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival (Videos)

For the visitors of River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival Irrfan Khan was the perfect guest: charming, funny and outspoken. I shot some clips during the Q&A sessions for the movies „Qissa“ (with director Anup Singh) and „Paan Sing Tomar“, hosted by festival director Selvaggia Velo.

Irrfan Khan at 14th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival / Looking back at last year’s #R2RFIFF

Irrfan Khan (Photo: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com / Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)

Just announced: Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan will be the guest of honour at this year’s River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival in beautiful Florence/Italy – always my favourite festival of the year.

The festival will hold a special tribute to Khan who next appears in Colin Trevorrow’s „Jurassic World“. There will be screenings of his films „Qissa“, „The Namesake“ and „Paan Singh Tomar“, plus seven episodes of the third season of the HBO series „In Treatment“.

According to Wikipedia, Irrfan Khan has appeared in more than 30 Bollywood films (as of 2013). Khan’s English-language mainstream work includes character roles in movies like „New York“, „I Love You“, „A Mighty Heart“, „Slumdog Millionaire“, „The Amazing Spider-Man“, and „Life of Pi“.

22. Filmfest Hamburg 2014: Tagestipps für Samstag / Rückblick auf Tag 9 (Freitag) #FFHH14

22. Filmfest Hamburg 2014 @ Cinemaxx Dammtor (Foto: Peter Jebsen – alle Rechte vorbehalten / all rights reserved)

Folgende Filme, die am heutigen Samstag, 4. Oktober 2014, beim 22. Filmfest Hamburg noch mal laufen, kann ich empfehlen. Es folgen die spontanen Kurzbewertungen der heutigen Tagestipps (Höchstpunktzahl: 5), die ich direkt nach dem jeweiligen Kinobesuch getwittert habe (mit Hashtag #FFHH14):

Girlhood/Bande des filles (F 2014): Frische Coming-of-Age-Story Pariser Teenagerin. Klasse Ensemble! http://t.co/bOkrKbgoGw **** #ffhh14

— Peter Jebsen (@pjebsen) September 26, 2014

Vorstellung:
Sa, 04.10. – 21:45 Uhr – Passage