“Ajami” is a sorrow-filled drama that explores crime, racism and family within an Israeli neighborhood. Unfortunately, some of the emotion of the film is lost in translation.
Teenage loneliness and desperation are front and center in Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank.” Through wonderful camerawork and the outstanding acting of star Katie Jarvis, Arnold has created a film that speaks to the abandoned feeling in everyone.
Dogtooth is a film that mixes overtly serious tones with hidden comedy and throws in a bit of incest to boot.
“Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno” is not for the average Athens film viewer.
Directed by Nicole Opper, “Off and Running” is a captivating documentary that follows Avery, a teenage African American girl from Brooklyn. As the movie progresses, an internal battle of race plays out while Avery tries to make sense of who she is and where she comes from.
“Buick Riviera” tells the story of Hasan (Slavko Stimac), a Bosnian Muslim attempting to establish a foothold in the arctic backwoods of North Dakota. The film attempts to combine themes of racial tension and adjustment to living away from home.
Exploring the emotional impact of genocide and coexistence with killers, “My Neighbor, My Killer” follows the struggle of Rwandans as they rebuild their community after the Tutsi genocide in 1994.
Inspired by the illuminated manuscript Gospel “The Book of Kells,” the full-length animated film, “The Secret of Kells,” combines bold, innovative visuals with richly enchanted story-telling.
Humanity is in a constant search for significance – to find love, a sense of belonging and truth. The 2010 Athens International Film and Video Festival highlighted this search with the competition show Three Films About Finding Someone Special. “Sing Me to Sleep,” “The Search” and “In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee” are three films that follow individuals in their search for something, whatever it may be.
“Ballhawking is, more than anything, about love,” the film’s narrator, Bill Murray, said in the closing moments of “Ballhawks.” This summary was an apt metaphor for the surprisingly refreshing story of the fans who stand outside Wrigley Field’s outfield walls in hopes of nabbing a home run ball.
