Tag: Family

Awards Season

A Song That Holds the Heart: Konstance and Seal Illuminate Idris Elba’s Dust To Dreams with ‘Mama’

Konstance and Seal come together in a remarkable meeting of artistry for the new single ‘Mama’, created for Idris Elba’s upcoming short film Dust To Dreams. Released through Elba’s visionary label 7Wallace, the track feels like an emotional centrepiece, one that binds the film’s themes of legacy, family, and forgiveness into a single, soul-stirring musical experience. Listen to this beautiful song From its first notes, ‘Mama’ carries a tenderness … Continue reading A Song That Holds the Heart: Konstance and Seal Illuminate Idris Elba’s Dust To Dreams with ‘Mama’

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OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES: Ross Syner’s BROTHERS grips with moral ferocity and emotional precision

By Sally Green Few short films possess the narrative control and moral weight of BROTHERS. Ross Syner’s latest work unfolds with the taut precision of a stage play and the emotional intimacy of a confession. A grandfather, two grandsons, and an unspoken secret, that is all the film needs to interrogate the meaning of loyalty and the price of conscience. From the first frame, Syner’s direction … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES: Ross Syner’s BROTHERS grips with moral ferocity and emotional precision

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OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Oscar Shortlisted Good Boy directed by Tom Stuart and starring Ben Whishaw and Marion Bailey

An off-beat short film by first-time director Tom Stuart looks at relationships in grief, love, and life. The script is minimalist in its content; however, the true essence is in the lead actor’s performance and both Whishaw and Bailey, deliver excellent executions. Accepting the present, tormented by the pain of the past, living with relations of varying nature and out of all this not letting … Continue reading OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Oscar Shortlisted Good Boy directed by Tom Stuart and starring Ben Whishaw and Marion Bailey

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***** OSCAR CONTENDER: ALL INCLUSIVE directed by Duvan Duque: The tempting power of illegal money in Colombia

1. At the heart of this is a family struggling and a father desperate to provide for them, how much do you feel this will resonate with families in Columbia and across the world? I’ve seen it resonate with audiences all over the world. After all, whether they’re economic or emotional, all families go through struggles at some point. Families are very complex systems in … Continue reading ***** OSCAR CONTENDER: ALL INCLUSIVE directed by Duvan Duque: The tempting power of illegal money in Colombia

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***** OSCAR CONTENDER – Interview with Turan Haste director of THE MOISTURE – the battle between personal and professional life

1. What inspired you to write this story?  Our main issue in this story, in which we travelled in the depths of the human soul, started with the question “How do we struggle with evil?”. While discussing the issues of good and evil with Muhammed Furkan Daşbilek, the screenwriter of our film The Moisture, we put forward the argument that every human being can contain both good … Continue reading ***** OSCAR CONTENDER – Interview with Turan Haste director of THE MOISTURE – the battle between personal and professional life

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