by Zeitgeist Films / courtesy of Vera Brandes
Mala Emde as the energetic and determined Vera Brandes in Ido Fluk’s fast-paced and suspenseful Köln 75 and Vera Brandes herself, the fearless teenage booking agent at work (at her first office Kölner Weg) in the Seventies.
Framing a feature Michele Fiascaris on expanding his short Rain Catcher into a rain-slicked noir thriller
A heroine of the people Avid Liongoren on the Filipino animation industry and Zsazsa Zaturnnah
The girl who didn't want to be happy Julien Birban Levy on the spirit of Seoul and getting inside the head of Niko
Spirit of the art Takeru Shinozuka and Yoshihide Moriyama on animation and Foxing: Kitsuné-Tsuki
Colouring outside the lines Harrison Atkins on guerilla filmmaking, expanding options in cinema, and Sour Minnows
The yearning Corrin Evans, Lily Cowles, Jeff Wahlberg and Michael Vlamis on Corpus
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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:
San Sebastian Leigh, Naishtat and Larraín among those joining line-up
Fantasia Nighborn is Cheval Noir Best Film; full list of award winners announced
Frightfest Full line-up announced
Sarajevo Festival to honour Asghar Farhadi and present tribute programme
Locarno Juries announced
