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2011 | B/N | 106 min

This is a 15-hour documentary history of innovation in the movies_back, filmed around the world during a period of more than six years. This exclusive feature-length extract, a Mexican premiere, looks at cinema in the 1970s. When people think of 70s movies_back they think of Scorsese, Coppola and Jaws, but here we travel to West Africa to discover master director Djibril Diop Mambety; to Japan to explore some of the greatest documentaries ever made; to Berlin to witness the New German Cinema; and to India to interview movie legend Amitabh Bachchan about one of the most influential films of all time, the epic Sholay.


Country: Reino Unido
Direction: Cousins; Mark
Script: Cousins; Mark
Production: Archer; John
Photography: Langer; Timo, Archer; John, Cousins; Mark
Music: Network; Audio
Cast:Bertolucci; Bernardo, Campion; Jane, Davies; Terence, Denis; Claire, Loach; Ken, Luhrmann; Baz, Neill; Sam, Van Sant; Gus, von Trier; Lars, Wenders; Wim, Kiarostami; Abbas, Muchos Más; Entre
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles

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Lynda Myles, an influential connoisseur of cinema, reflects on her adventures in the film culture she helped establish. From 1973 to 1980, as the first female director of any festival, Myles transformed the Edinburgh Film Festival into a vibrant, iconoclastic mecca of discovery, championing the work of overlooked auteurs such as Hitchcock, Sirk, and Sam Fuller.

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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Mark Cousins embarks on a 1000-km road trip from London to Cannes to film and interview the Oscar®-winning British producer and filmmaker Jeremy Thomas, who has made an annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival for the past 45 years. This offbeat grand tour includes landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life.

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