DONNA by Jay Bedwani will have its French premiere at the Festival Ecrans Mixtes in Lyon.

On Wednesday 1st March at 6.30pm DONNA will be screened at the library of the 4th Croix Rousse in Lyon.

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Director Alessandra Celesia and her team are currently in Northern Ireland shooting THE FLATS until September. Featuring a cast of colorful characters, the film will entwine the past and present of New Lodge, a small Catholic enclave in the heart of Belfast, marked by decades of violence and social neglect.

THE FLATS is a co-production between France, Belgium (Thank You and Good Night Production), the Republic of Ireland (Planet Korda) and the United Kingdom (Dumbworld), supported by Eurimages.
Good luck to Alessandra and the whole crew!

After its premiere at Visions du Réel, Elvis A-Liang Lu’s film was nominated in 3 categories at the Taipei Film Festival: Best Documentary, Best Editing and Best Music. A HOLY FAMILY was recently acquired by Deckert Distribution for international sales.

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Recently supported by MEDIA/Creative Europe and Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Andreea Bortun’s first feature film has entered the final scouting phase in Romania. The shooting of BLUE BANKS should start in the first quarter of 2023, in Romania and in Marseille.

DONNA by Jay Bedwani had its world premiere at Frameline festival in San Francisco, on Pink Saturday (Pride day).

Donna Personna came out as trans aged 60. Since then, she is no longer in touch with her family, who only know her as Gustavo, their younger brother.
Proud of who she has become, Donna wants to launch her career on a bigger stage… Her goal is to take her show to L.A. to make a name for herself.
She hopes to invite her family to show them who she really is.

You can watch the trailer here.

A Holy Family by Elvis A-Liang Lu selected in international feature film competition at Vision du Réel

 

Taiwan. The director receives a call from his mother, who is worried about the familyʼs future: the father, addicted to gambling, has failing health, and the brother remains broke despite his psychic gifts. Revisiting the reasons for his departure 20 years earlier, Elvis A-Liang Lu signs a beautiful family portrait, moving and filled with light.

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For her next film THE MECHANICS OF THINGS, Alessandra Celesia is about to reenact personal memories in her home region, the Aosta Valley.

Shoot features car accidents, cranes, space travel and a cat. Sending good vibes to the crew!

Rewarded at When East Meets West, THE MECHANICS OF THINGS was selected at the Co-production Speed-meetings organized by Cannes Docs within the Cannes Film Festival Market.

Production: Films de Force Majeure (France), Dirk Manthey Film (Germany)
Production services in Italy: L’Eubage
Supported by: Aosta Valley Region, CNC – Fonds d’aide à l’innovation, Arte/ZDF, Hamburg Film Fund, Région Sud, Ciclic, CNC – dev.