Andrew Shea's Portrait of Wally is the story of the last painting Egon Scheile painted of his lover and muse, Wally Neuzil, and what became of that painting after it was stolen by Nazi Freidrich Welz from gallery owner Lea Bondi Jaray's apartment. Jaray was Jewish and her gallery had already been.
Firstly let me just say that I was a lucky contest winner with Now Magazine and that is how I was able to attend this premier and director Q&A last week so a big thank you to Now Magazine. I love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, especially together -as they should be. I loved them in Spaced , Shawn of the Dea d and Hot Fuzz so I was thrilled that the "Cornetto Trilogy" would be complete at last.
In Fellipe Garamano Barbosa's documentary Laura, we are introduced to a modern-day Holly Golightly. She has no job and no apparent source of income save for mysterious money wires that she receives from Brazil. And yet inexplicably she is out every night socialising with celebrities and New York's.
Planet of Snail follows the lives of deaf-blind Korean poet Young-Chan and his wife Soon-ho, who suffers from a spinal disability. The title refers to the world of deaf-blind people who, like snails, have to tactilely find their way through the world. Young-Chan is an avid reader, he writes poetry.
A Place in the World is a compilation of four short films each exploring the theme of environment. They are drastically different from one another, but each manages to capture the theme of this programme perfectly in its own unique way. It begins with the dizzying Portrait De La Place Ville Marie.
Gattu is a young orphan living with his adoptive uncle who runs a scrap yard. He is bursting with energy and finds it difficult to stay out of trouble. In his defence, he is little more than a servant to his uncle and is afforded very little time to engage in children's activities. Gattu's uncle.