
Olivier – meticulous, careful, even-handed – teaches carpentry at a vocational school in Liège. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
In Jackson Heights (2015) Frederick Wiseman

Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in the United States and the world. Read More »
Aviva, My Love AKA Aviva Ahuvati (2006) Shemi Zarhin, Assi Levy, Rotem Abuhab, Levana Finkelstein

Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. Read More »
Cabin Fever AKA Når nettene blir lange (2000) Mona J. Hoel, Svein Scharffenberg, Gørild Mauseth, Zbigniew Zamachowski

A large family is going to the mountain for their christmas vacation, in a rented cabin. Read More »
Little Soldier AKA Lille soldat (2008) Annette K. Olesen, Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen

Lotte is a soldier recently back from war. She drinks, and her apartment is a mess. Read More »
Munyurangabo (2007) Lee Isaac Chung, Jeff Rutagengwa, Eric Ndorunkundiye, Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka

From opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, “Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends.” Read More »
Karmen Gei AKA Karmen Geï (2001) Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle

Bizet’s Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations. Read More »
Camel(s) AKA Nakta(dul) (2001) Ki-yong Park, Dae-yeon Lee, Myung-shin Park

An unremarkable man in his forties and a female acquaintance. They talk, eat, and though both are married elsewhere, have sex. Read More »
Lent AKA Quaresma (2003) José Álvaro Morais, Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Cary, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo

David is married, has a daughter, and is about to leave Portugal with his family. Read More »
Butter on the Latch (2013) Josephine Decker, Isolde Chae-Lawrence, Emily Decker, Stephan Goldbach

At a Balkan folk song and dance camp in the woods of Mendocino, California Read More »