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Your Weekend Watch: Mosco Boucault's Police Investigation Series - never before released in the United States! -

Mosco Boucault's Police Investigation series With unparalleled access to detectives and witnesses, director Mosco Boucault crafts a series of gripping films that in some cases feel more like noir classics than documentaries.

Out now on DVD! From the Distrib Films US collection: TONI

Featuring Camille Cottin, star of CALL MY AGENT (2015-2020), in the lead role, and directed by young talent Nathan Ambrosioni, TONI is a comedy-drama about a single mother—and former pop star!—preparing for her life as an empty nester now that her five teenage children are all grown up. After years of putting her family first, what would it mean to pursue her own future? 🔗 https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-toni-0514

“A work of great maturity from such a young filmmaker with undeniable talent.” —CNews

“A funny, touching, intelligent, and feminist family chronicle.” —Marie Claire

Acquisition News: Mosco Boucault's Police Investigation Series -

Mosco Boucault's Police Investigation series With unparalleled access to detectives and witnesses, director Mosco Boucault crafts a series of gripping films that in some cases feel more like noir classics than documentaries.

"A series of intimately observed documentary works, fixing an acutely modern lens on urgent social issues and protracted political conflicts in the DRC and wider Sub-Saharan Africa while also remaining grounded in the concrete through their director’s alertness to everyday detail."

AS SEEN BY DIEUDO HAMADI opens tomorrow, June 8 at Metrograph with DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA.

"A vital body of work by a still-young filmmaker at the vanguard of modern documentary."

Get your 🎟️🎟🎟🎟 for the 'As Seen By Dieudo Hamadi' series at Metrograph this weekend Saturday June 8 + 9 & Saturday June 15 - including DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA - the first DRC film to be an Official Selection at Festival de Cannes

Check out the trailer here!

As Seen by Dieudo Hamadi | Trailer Arriving June 8 Born in Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1984, Hamadi is one of the most compelling talents in contemporary African cinema and international nonfiction filmmaking as a whole. His intimately observed documentary works fix an acutely modern lens on urgent social issues and protr...

Gorgeously restored in 2K and now available on Blu-ray for the first time ever: SIX IN PARIS 🌷 Six vignettes on the City of Light by six iconic filmmakers. Extras: 1965 interviews with Barbet Schroeder, Jean Rouch, and Éric Rohmer!

Icarus Films has partnered with OCN Distribution to release SIX IN PARIS on Blu-ray, now available for pre-order via Vinegar Syndrome. A stunning limited-edition slipcover version is also available now.

Pre-order now 🌷 💿 mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-vubd-0605

"A vital body of work by a still-young filmmaker at the vanguard of modern documentary."

Get your 🎟️🎟🎟🎟 for the 'As Seen By Dieudo Hamadi' series at Metrograph this weekend Saturday June 8 + 9 & Saturday June 15 - including DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA - the first DRC film to be an Official Selection at Festival de Cannes

Check out the trailer here!
https://watch.metrograph.com/videos/hamadi-trailer

"A vital body of work by a still-young filmmaker at the vanguard of modern documentary."
Get your 🎟️for As Seen By Dieudo Hamadi at Metrograph this weekend June 8 + 9 + Saturday June 15 - including DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA the first DRC film to be an Official Selection at the Festival de Cannes https://metrograph.com/category/as-seen-by-dieudo-hamadi/

Thomas Heise (1955 – 2024) 💔 We are deeply saddened to learn of documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise's sudden death at age 68. His internationally acclaimed film HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME, released by Icarus Films in 2019, is an understated epic that brilliantly marries the written word, image, and sound design. More: http://icarusfilms.com/if-hei

Happy birthday Agnès Varda! in 1928. Stills from her early short, Ô Saisons, Ô Châteaux 🌹 ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-osais

Amore Mio (Icarus Films/Distrib Films US, NR) Alysson Paradis and Élodie Bouchez in Amore Mio. Lola (Alysson Paradis) is reeling. Her husband, Raphael (Félix Maritaud, shown only in flashbacks), died suddenly, leaving her to raise their 8-year…

OVID presents its June streaming lineup! Coming up from Icarus next month:

✨Sam Soko's riveting SOFTIE, which follows one of Kenya's most accomplished photojournalists and activists during his electoral run
✨The exclusive streaming premiere of Mila Turaljić's documentary diptych SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS: NON-ALIGNED and CINE-GUERRILLAS
✨New Archival Extras to accompany Barbet Schroeder's SIX IN PARIS (1965) - featuring Barbet Schroeder, Patrick Bauchau, Éric Rohmer, and Jean Rouch!

More info🔗

OVID's June Lineup: Magnum photos (x9), French farce, Documentary Diptych, Q***r Horror & much more! - metafilm | OVID.tv OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentary and art-house films from around the world, announces its wide-ranging selection of films coming in June 2024.

Out today on DVD! From the Distrib Films US collection: AMORE MIO

Still in shock from the sudden death of her husband, Lola (Alysson Paradis) makes a snap decision to flee the funeral with her 7-year-old son and long-estranged sister, Margaux (Élodie Bouchez). AMORE MIO is an affirming story of re-discovering family and living life fully in the face of overwhelming grief.

"A delicate, sensitive, and very touching debut film" —Le Figaro

Learn more 🔗 mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-amoremio-0416?e=82c8071bfa

“An outstanding exposé on the effects political culture wars can have on the factuality of children’s education.” —Video Librarian

EDUCATION AND NATIONALISM traces growing government intervention in Japanese history and social science education — an issue that touches not only Japan but countries all over the world.

▶️ Learn more 🔗 https://icarusfilms.com/if-ednat

"The storytelling is fluid with a brilliant sense of ellipsis, an essential feature for a medium-length film." reviews NIKAH by Mukkadas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan in favorable comparable light to Jia Zhangke, Wang Bing and Jafar Panahi.

Read: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/05/film-review-nikah-mukkadas-mijit-and-bastien-ehouzan/

Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali (1936-1987) was an uncompromising critic. He produced thousands of cartoons satirizing the powers that be in the Middle East. His work would earn him many powerful enemies and, ultimately, cost him his life.

Documentary NAJI AL-ALI examines the forces that shaped Naji as an artist and a human being and features interviews with his wife, leading Arab journalists and poets, former jail mates, and more. Watch now, exclusively streaming on OVID or available to rent for 72 hrs via Icarus Films ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-naji

Naji Ali-Ali's work and impact stand to the present day: his character Handala, a little boy symbolizing the resilience of Palestinians, has been appearing on signs, murals, graffiti, posters, and paintings across the globe. Learn more 🔗nytimes.com/2024/05/17/arts/design/handala-palestinian-cartoon-protest.html

By the time COVID-19 appeared, South African filmmaker Rehad Desai was all too familiar with pandemics. Not only had he previously worked in HIV prevention, he was also making a film about a clinical trial for a vaccine that held the promise of ending new AIDS infections.

South Africa’s HIV response was slowed by science-denying politicians, along with global trade rules and corporate pharmaceutical greed that prevented those most in need from getting treatment. In TIME OF PANDEMICS, Desai argues that the world has repeated many of these same mistakes with COVID-19...

This , watch Rehad Desai's TIME OF PANDEMICS ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-timeof

40th VC Film Fest Announces Award Winners Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature: NIKAH, directed by Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit Grand Jury Award...

On March 1, 1996, 15-year-old Shafeeq Murrel was killed in a crossfire between rival gangs on the street in South Philadelphia. Shafeeq’s murder was shelved as a cold case until two detectives took it on.

Filmed like a taut police procedural, Mosco Boucault's THE SHOOTING ON MOLE STREET is a gripping verité documentary that captures the complex dynamics of a community where selling drugs is seen as the only option for many young men.

Streaming exclusively on OVID ▶️ ovid.tv/videos/the-shooting-on-mole-street
Also available via 72 hr rental on Icarus Films On Demand 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-mole

The Shooting on Mole Street Directed by Mosco Boucault • Documentary • 1998 • 90 minutes On March 1, 1996, 15-year-old Shafeeq Murrel was killed on the street in South Philadelphia — innocently caught in the crossfire between rival pairs of crack dealers out for revenge. Shafeeq’s murder was one of 435 in Philadelphi...

Today marks the grim commemoration of the (ongoing) Nakba of 1948. LYD, a film by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland, features testimonies with Palestinians who survived the Nakba, and animated scenes that imagine another fate. Lyd in Exile - اللد في المنفى screens for two extra nights at DCTV in NYC on May 16 + 17th, and opens at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema this Sunday, May 19th. Co-director Sarah Ema Friedland will be present at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for a Q&A after the Monday, May 20 screening. https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/lyd

Congratulations Mila Turajlic on winning the BRIDGING THE BORDERS AWARD (by Cinema Without Borders) for BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM and the AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM at SEEfest 2024 for her film NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIC REELS! The film will begin streaming on OVID in June, so stay tuned...

Awards - South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles BARCO HDR MASTER LIGHTSTEERING COLOR GRADE PRIZEAS FAR AS I CAN WALK by Stefan ArsenijevićMURINA by Antoneta Alamat KusijanovićKLONDIKE by Maryna Er Gorbach

New on DVD 6/11: Camille Cottin stars in TONI - "A standout for this season!" (CNEWS) "An exciting comedy of second chances!" (L'Obs) "Lively, touching, and funny!" (Le Figaro). Learn more: https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-toni-0514

Tomorrow night's screening of LYD at DCTV is SOLD OUT but have no fear Lyd in Exile - اللد في المنفى returns next week BY POPULAR DEMAND for two shows on Thursday, May 16 & Friday, May 17 at 7 pm - head to the DCTV website now before those sell out too!! 🎟️🎟️🎟️
https://firehouse.dctvny.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=391994~2998286f-8e4b-4c31-9017-dcced8ffebb3&

Remembering Pema Tseden (December 3rd, 1969 - May 8th, 2023)

One year ago today, the film world reeled at the news of the death of Pema Tseden, the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema.

"We lost Pema at the peak of his artistry, he had so much more to say and to show us. Pema’s loss leaves a giant hole in global cinema and in our community." —Karin Chien, dGenerate Films

More on how to watch Tseden's film + read film scholar Chris Berry's piece from Film Quarterly in this weeks Icarus Films Online 🔗

Remembering Pema Tseden, Pioneer of Tibetan Cinema "We lost Pema at the peak of his artistry, he had so much more to say and to show us. Pema’s loss leaves a giant hole in global cinema and in our community."—Karin Chien, dGenerate Films

“Lyd”: Film Explores How 1948 Nakba Devastated Palestinian City A new film about the once-thriving Palestinian city of Lyd, now known as the Israeli city Lod and home to Ben Gurion Airport, has begun screening in the United States. The film is a “science fiction documentary” that depicts the Palestinian city both wi...