November 2013 - agnès films

Interview with Daniella Daemy, director of Ava

All I can say is that it’s amazing to be able to take a unique, untold story and make it something that the audience can connect with. If you have story worth telling, you should tell it. If you have passion for something, then it’s worth all the hard work. But before starting a project, you have to consider if you are ready to put everything into it.

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Review of Daniella Daemy’s Ava

November 27, 2013
Ruth Novaczek
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The compelling and emotional teaser is eloquently cut and scripted. “Come from somewhere nice?” asks a London cabbie, while Ava is silent, wracked with angst. This film is not about tourism.

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Review of Marie Ullrich’s Faster!

November 13, 2013
Laura Gonzales
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For much of the film’s short duration, we see Jasper zipping through the city streets on her bike, eyes staring directly forward with a sharp gaze that is intermittingly interrupted by the harsh voice of her dispatcher. Most of the time, we see Jasper’s body hunching forward, pushing herself ahead as she moves through the cars and pedestrians in her way.

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La Vie D’Adèle (Blue is the Warmest Color): When a Lesbian Narrative Wins the Palme d’or in Cannes : To Be, or Not To Be, a Lesbian.

Why so many become enraptured about lesbian sex on screen is already asked and answered: it sells. It is a well-known male fantasy, but as far as a female fantasy, this depends on how the scenes are shot. Maroh has already addressed the problems. The nearly 10-minute sex scene is considered “long” by both standards, and the primary selling point of the film.

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Review of Stacie Passon’s Concussion

November 1, 2013
Moira Jean Sullivan
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As a storyteller, Stacie Passon wastes no time and rather than explaining everything in dialogue, her picture language is both economical and meaningful. The interior sets of the family home have a hygienically sealed cleanliness and smoothness.

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Interview with Stacie Passon and Rose Troche, director and producer of Concussion

Abby’s either on her way out or on her way back in or she will continue hooking and all of the choices will be fine, but I think the central question of the film is, “ I belong to only you but you don't want me,” and that is where the film ends for me—that is the resolution and acknowledgment of the question in 93 minutes.

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