Exclusive: The Love and Hope International Film Festival, based in Barcelona and backed by IMDb, Stage 32, FilmFreeway, and Final Draft, will open its upcoming edition with Guillotine by Iranian-American director Ray Izad-Mehr.
The pic, Izad-Mehr’s debut feature, is billed as an examination of the iconic Guillotine killing machine throughout history. From the French Revolution to the fall of Saddam Hussein, Guillotine is an exploration of the dark side of humanity and the consequences of power, the synopsis reads.
“I am incredibly excited for Guillotine to have its world premiere In Barcelona, one of the most beautiful and artistically progressive cities in the world,” said Izad-Mehr.
Festival Director Darwin Reina and Assistant Director Marisa Martí described Guillotine as a “poignant and timely film that encapsulates the very essence of the Love and Hope International Film Festival.”
“This year’s Lhiff festival is going to be amazing. It’s the...
The pic, Izad-Mehr’s debut feature, is billed as an examination of the iconic Guillotine killing machine throughout history. From the French Revolution to the fall of Saddam Hussein, Guillotine is an exploration of the dark side of humanity and the consequences of power, the synopsis reads.
“I am incredibly excited for Guillotine to have its world premiere In Barcelona, one of the most beautiful and artistically progressive cities in the world,” said Izad-Mehr.
Festival Director Darwin Reina and Assistant Director Marisa Martí described Guillotine as a “poignant and timely film that encapsulates the very essence of the Love and Hope International Film Festival.”
“This year’s Lhiff festival is going to be amazing. It’s the...
- 8/30/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The longest running genre fest in the US, the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival (Boston SciFi for short) returned for its 48th annual event in Somerville, Ma last week.
I was only able to attend one of the five days, but I managed to squeeze in four features plus two panels. Here’s what I saw at this year’s Boston Science Fiction Film Festival.
The Warm Season
Boston SciFi hosted the world premiere of The Warm Season, a character-driven sci-fi drama with shades of Starman. As a young girl, Clive (Carie Kawa) encountered Mann (Michael Esparza), an alien in human disguise, who gave her a glowing rock before being captured by government agents. 25 years later in 1992, an escaped Mann returns to Clive’s failing motel to retrieve the “fail-safe” in order to return to his planet. Between the weather patterns and the government closing in, they only have three days to get him home.
I was only able to attend one of the five days, but I managed to squeeze in four features plus two panels. Here’s what I saw at this year’s Boston Science Fiction Film Festival.
The Warm Season
Boston SciFi hosted the world premiere of The Warm Season, a character-driven sci-fi drama with shades of Starman. As a young girl, Clive (Carie Kawa) encountered Mann (Michael Esparza), an alien in human disguise, who gave her a glowing rock before being captured by government agents. 25 years later in 1992, an escaped Mann returns to Clive’s failing motel to retrieve the “fail-safe” in order to return to his planet. Between the weather patterns and the government closing in, they only have three days to get him home.
- 2/22/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Doug Jones, Erik Palladino, Douglas Tait | Written by Josh Guttman, Andrew Jaksch, Lukas Kendall, Sanjay F. Sharma | Directed by Andrew Jaksch, Lukas Kendall, Toby Rawal, Scott Robson, Sanjay F. Sharma, Luis Tinoco
In recent years there’s been something of a surge in anthology movies, not your traditional anthology mind you, no, many new anthologies are actually made up of existing thematically connected shorts brought together with, oftentimes, a new wraparound filmed to tie these tales to each other. Films like Zombieworld and Galaxy of Horrors pioneered this type of filmmaking and in the five or so years that followed we’ve had plenty of other examples. And now comes a sci-fi take on the anthology film, Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks.
Made up of six shorts, Battle in Space‘s opener tells the story of how humanity spread across the universe after the discovery of hyper speed.
In recent years there’s been something of a surge in anthology movies, not your traditional anthology mind you, no, many new anthologies are actually made up of existing thematically connected shorts brought together with, oftentimes, a new wraparound filmed to tie these tales to each other. Films like Zombieworld and Galaxy of Horrors pioneered this type of filmmaking and in the five or so years that followed we’ve had plenty of other examples. And now comes a sci-fi take on the anthology film, Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks.
Made up of six shorts, Battle in Space‘s opener tells the story of how humanity spread across the universe after the discovery of hyper speed.
- 2/2/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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