Poland
TIFF 2023 | In the Rearview (Maciek Hamela, Poland/France/Ukraine) — TIFF Docs
By Angelo Muredda | 09/05/2023 | Cinema Scope Online, TIFF 2023
Polish documentarian Maciek Hamela captures the devastation as well as the complicated hope of life in transit in In the Rearview, a record of his efforts to transport hundreds of Ukrainian refugees into Poland following the Russian invasion in early 2022.
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By Jordan Cronk | 06/21/2022 | CS91, Festivals, From Cinema Scope Magazine, Spotlight
When Jerzy Skolimowski cancelled his press commitments at Cannes to promote his new feature, EO, he denied critics and cinephiles an explanation behind the festival’s most mystifying entry. All but engineered to prompt bemusement, the film, a bold, modern-day reimagining of Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar (1966),is one whose mysteries are in fact part and parcel of its allure.
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