In Boomerang we find all the constants of Kurdwin Ayub’s filmography. Here too we notice a conscious and extremely mature approach to a young story about young people. A light and deep story at the same time. An extremely personal story that through the director’s innovative gaze immediately takes on universal connotations. At the Diagonale’22.
Toilette is the contemplation of simple everyday actions, the rediscovery of new rhythms, the enhancement of oneself and of the human body, concrete becoming abstract and vice versa. The black and white images are more alive than ever. Actions and details become pure cinema. Cinema and metacinema. At the Diagonale’22.
The Bastard King is potentially an interesting feature film, boasting an innovative directorial approach and successfully combining reality and fiction. Yet certain aesthetic choices have often made it didactic, cloying and decidedly unbelievable. At the Diagonale’22.