Digital media played a central role in the 2011 Arab Spring and now, months later, youth from across the Arab world are telling their own stories using low-cost technologies. In Paris, the Yallah Film Festival recognized young film makers for their portrayal of the revolutions that transformed the Arab world.
The Viennale International Film Festival in Vienna lets viewers make up their own minds about the films on show - we give you a taster with David Lynch's disturbing trailer commissioned for it. Next, we take a look at a scene from Gus Van Sant's bittersweet tale of doomed young love, "Restless." Also, make sure you head to the Forum des Images cinema in Paris for an Aardman studios animated master class.
Smurf mania is still going strong: a 3D film, a scandalous book and now the first ever exhibition of their creator Peyo's work is opening in Paris. We chat to Eric Leroy, its curator. But first, we discover the dark side of Paris: a guided tour conducted by a murderous baker and the Hunchback of Notre Dame uncovers the city's gory secret history. And French photographer JR brings his famous faces to New York's Bronx.
Our film critic, Lisa Nesselson, encourages us to see two films that share the theme of alternate realities. The first is "Source Code", an existential drama about what constitutes a job well done. The second is the DVD edition of Walt Disney's "Alice in Wonderland", a timeless classic that still does a very nice job of plugging us into alternate realities.
Last month the French city of Lyon hosted a 3-day seminar called "Cartoon Movie". Some 700 participants attended from 35 countries, as near as Belgium and as far away as China. Our film critic, Lisa Nesselson, gives us a glimpse at some of the animated film projects presented at this event.
Lisa Nesselson is here to speak about two films that just came out in France. "Holy Rollers", a film based on a true story in which Jesse Eisenberg plays Sam Gold in a terrific performance. Also "Largo Winch II", directed by Jérôme Salle, is taken from a series of very successful French-language graphic novels which have lent themselves to two action-packed films.
In this special edition of culture, our film critic Lisa Nesselson looks back at the best movies from 2010. From 3D blockbusters to homespun internet smash hits, what's not to be missed from the past year.
Before there were elevators or escalators, there was long blonde hair,
or so the fairy tale of "Rapunzel" tells us. It's Disney's latest and
France got it first...
Microsoft has announced that it will work with Japanese anime studios to develop a series of short action films based on its hit Xbox video game, 'Halo'. 'Halo' comics and novels have already been published.
In this edition: after seven years in Guantanamo Bay, Algerian Lakhdar Boumediene arrives in France; the digital revolution breaks the isolation of Western Saharan refugees and a look at the Mawazine Music Festival in Morocco.
