“Xenia” is a 2014 Greek/Belgian/French production. In Greek Xenia means hospitality towards guests and foreigners and is derived from Xenos meaning foreigner. Given that the main characters in the film Ody (Nikos Gelia) and Dany (Kostas Nikouli) are half Greek and Albanian and that Dany is gay in the Greece of 2014 there is notContinue reading “RKS Film: “Xenia” Some Eight Years Later”
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PRESS RELEASE
HOT DOCS WRAPS 2022 FESTIVAL ETERNAL SPRING TAKING BOTH ROGERS AUDIENCE AWARD AND HOT DOCS AUDIENCE AWARD; TOP THREE CANADIAN FEATURES SHARE $50K PRIZE Toronto, May 9, 2022— Hot Docs 2022 wrapped last night, bringing 225 films from 63 countries to audiences in Toronto cinemas and across Canada online. The 11-day hybrid festival featured 318 live screenings on nineContinue reading “PRESS RELEASE“
RKS Film: “Tigre Gente”: Nancy Regan Had it Right: EarthX Film Festival
The EarthX Film Festival runs in Dallas Texas May 12-15 with some films being virtually available. The documentary “Tigre Gent” explores the illegal jaguar trade in Bolivia occurring in Madidi National Park and the finger is pointed directly to the Chinese traditional medicine market. What did former First Lady Nancy Regan say about drug consumption,Continue reading “RKS Film: “Tigre Gente”: Nancy Regan Had it Right: EarthX Film Festival”
HOT DOCS AWARDS $65,000 CDN IN CASH AND PRIZES
TO CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS Toronto, May 7, 2022— Hot Docs announced this morning the winning documentaries in this year’s official competition and the recipients of additional awards honouring Canadian filmmakers. The awards were revealed at the Hot Docs 2022 Awards Presentation at TIFF Bell Lightbox, hosted by arts journalist and co-founder of Media Girlfriends GarviaContinue reading “HOT DOCS AWARDS $65,000 CDN IN CASH AND PRIZES “
RKS Film: EarthX Film Festival Presents “Big vs. Small”: The Ultimate Surfing Film!
The EarthX Film Festival runs in Dallas Texas May 12-15 with some films being virtually available. The Finnish documentary “Big vs. Small” primarily focuses on Portuguese female surfer Joana Andrade and to a lesser degree Finnish free diving champion Johanna Norblad. Andrade is the first Portuguese woman to surf on what some say are theContinue reading “RKS Film: EarthX Film Festival Presents “Big vs. Small”: The Ultimate Surfing Film!”
RKS Film: “Suntan”: Hellenic Film Society USA Presents a Modern Greek Tragedy
“Suntan” is an understatement for this Greek film. The disaster that enfolds in front of your eyes makes the name of the film “Sunburn” and it is a tragedy that has a finger wagging and a voice saying , “Don’t play with me or you’re playing with fire” like in a Rolling Stones song. KostisContinue reading “RKS Film: “Suntan”: Hellenic Film Society USA Presents a Modern Greek Tragedy”
RKS Film: “Delikado”: Philippine Big Business and Politics and a Murderous Rampage Slaughters Environmentalists
Toronto Hot Docs 2022 screened “Delikado” but due to an overwhelming volume of films received I could not review it until it is too late to watch it in theatre or virtually within that Festival. But it is an engrossing documentary that will not fade away and keep an eye out for it in yourContinue reading “RKS Film: “Delikado”: Philippine Big Business and Politics and a Murderous Rampage Slaughters Environmentalists”
RKS Film: How to Promote Your Film Using a Film Critic : 10 Golden Rules
Distribute your promotional material well before the release date. Recently for Toronto Hot Docs I received films days before its showing. I had a waiting list of numerous films ahead the late arrivers. Help your reviewer plan. Include a trailer/teaser. Include stills of the film. Include a synopsis of the film. Indicate when the reviewContinue reading “RKS Film: How to Promote Your Film Using a Film Critic : 10 Golden Rules”
RKS Film: “Relative”: The Iceberg of Sexual Abuse
The American documentary “Relative” in the 2022 Toronto Hot Docs Festival deals with multi generational sexual abuse in an Italian-American family. Home videos and film portray seemingly happy families but beneath the floating iceberg the pervasiveness of sexual abuse lurks ready to inflict psychological damage. Tracy Arcabasso Smith takes us along a shocking voyage ofContinue reading “RKS Film: “Relative”: The Iceberg of Sexual Abuse”
RKS Film: “Corrupto” (Corrupted)
“Corrupto” is a short Chilean documentary showing at Toronto Hot Docs 2022. A young woman undergoes multiple electro convulsive therapy in August 2018 and the doctor proclaims the treatment was successful. It is quite apparent that is not the case as the woman suffers from loneliness, alienation, memory loss, panic attacks, confusion, incomplete memories andContinue reading “RKS Film: “Corrupto” (Corrupted)”
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