Three Lumière-titles won this year a price in Cannes: LEVIATHAN, TURIST en PRIDE
LEVIATHAN by Andrey Zvyaguintsev ('The Return', 'The Banishment', 'Elena') won the Price for Best Scenario.
Synopsis: A present day social drama spanning multiple characters about the human insecurity in a "new country" which gradually unwinds to a mythological scale concerning the human condition on earth entirely.
Release in Belgium: 24th september 2014
TURIST (Force Majeure) by Ruben Östlund ('Play', 'Involuntary') won the Price Of The Jury in the Un Certain Regard-section.
Synopsis: A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch.
Release in Belgium: TBA
And last but not least PRIDE van Matthew Warchus that won the Queer Palm, a special price that awards a movie that deals about holebi.
Other competitors were 'Mommy' by Xavier Dolan and 'Saint Laurent' from Bertrand Bonello; from the Quinzaine des réalisateurs 'Bande de Filles' (Girlhood) by Céline Sciamma, 'Les Combattants' (Love At First Fight) by Thomas Cailley, 'Whiplash' by Damien Chazelle; from Un Certain Regard 'Dohee-Ya' (A Girl At My Door) byJuly Jung, 'Party Girl' by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis and 'Xenia' by Panos Koutras; from the Semaine de la Critique 'Fla / Faire L’amour' by Djinn Carrenard, 'Più Buio Di Mezzanotte' (Darker Than Midnight) by Sebastiano Riso, 'Respire' by Mélanie Laurent and 'When Animals Dream' by Jonas Alexander Arnby.
Synopsis: Its the summer of 1984 Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support. But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.
Release in Belgium: 1st October 2014
DUTCH VERSION
Drie Lumière titels vallen in de prijzen in Cannes: LEVIATHAN, TURIST en PRIDE
LEVIATHAN van regiseur Andrey Zvyaguintsev ('The Return', 'The Banishment', 'Elena') ontving op het Filmfestival van Cannes de Prijs voor Beste Scenario.
Synopsis: Kolia woont in een klein stadje in de buurt van de Barentsz Zee, in Noord-Rusland. Hij heeft zijn eigen auto-reparatiebedrijf. Zijn winkel staat vlak naast het huis waar hij woont met Lilya, zijn jonge vrouw, en zijn zoon uit een eerder huwelijk, Romka. Vadim Sergeyich, de burgemeester van de stad, wil zijn bedrijf, zijn huis en zijn land weg. Eerst probeert hij Kolia uit te kopen, maar Kolia kan het idee dat hij alles dreigt te verliezen niet verdragen. Niet alleen zijn land, maar vooral ook al het moois dat hem omgeven heeft sinds de dag dat hij geboren werd. Vadim Sergeyich wordt steeds agressiever.
Release in België: 24 september 2014
TURIST (Force Majeure) van Ruben Östlund ('Play', 'Involuntary') mocht dan weer de Juryprijs Un Certain Regard in ontvangst nemen.
Synopsis: In TURIST zien we hoe welgestelde toeristen in een Frans ski-oord hun waardigheid verliezen. Door een noodtoestand tijdens hun vakantie, komt een gezin in contact met menselijke mechanismen waarmee ze nooit eerder geconfronteerd werden. Ze worden gedwongen driften en instincten aan zichzelf toe te kennen, die zij altijd verachtten en enkel toeschreven aan anderen.
Release in België: TBA
En last but not least PRIDE van Matthew Warchus won de Queer Palm. Deze prijs wordt jaarlijks uitgereikt aan de film die op het festival het beste het holebi thema onder de aandacht brengt en ons herinnert aan de noodzaak voor gelijke rechten ondanks seksualiteit of gender identiteit. PRIDE werd na zijn eerste vertoning in Cannes met een staande ovatie ontvangen!
Dongen mee naar de Queer Palm: uit de Officiële Competitie 'Mommy' van Xavier Dolan en 'Saint Laurent' van Bertrand Bonello; uit de Quinzaine des réalisateurs 'Bande de Filles' (Girlhood) van Céline Sciamma, 'Les Combattants' (Love At First Fight) van Thomas Cailley, 'Whiplash' van Damien Chazelle; uit Un Certain Regard 'Dohee-Ya' (A Girl At My Door) van July Jung, 'Party Girl' van Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis en 'Xenia' van Panos Koutras; uit de Semaine de la Critique 'Fla / Faire L’amour' van Djinn Carrenard, 'Più Buio Di Mezzanotte' (Darker Than Midnight) van Sebastiano Riso, 'Respire' van Mélanie Laurent en 'When Animals Dream' van Jonas Alexander Arnby.
Synopsis: Het is de zomer van 1984 - Margaret Thatcher is aan de macht en de Britse mijnwerkersbond staakt. Tijdens de Gay Pride in Londen, besluit een groep homoseksuele activisten geld op te halen om de families van de stakende mijnwerkers te steunen. Maar ze stuiten op een probleem: de bond lijkt gegeneerd om hun steun te ontvangen. De actievoerders laten zich echter niet uit hun lood slaan. Ze besluiten de bond te negeren en de mijnwerkers rechtstreeks te benaderen. Ze trekken in een klein busje naar een mijnwerkersdorp op het platteland van Wales om hun donatie persoonlijk te overhandigen. Een buitengewoon verhaal over twee totaal verschillende gemeenschappen die zich, ondanks alle vooroordelen, verenigen voor een gezamenlijk doel.
Release in België: 1 oktober 2014
Today, the renowned Belgian Independent Music Festival revealed 3 more names of their already stunning line-up. It seems they managed, once again, to gather a bunch of much anticipated and rare live acts following their true BIMFEST tradition!
With these 3 newly added bands it looks like their 13th edition will be another blast!
THE FORCE DIMENSION
This legendary Dutch Electro/EBM act was signed to the Belgian cult label KK Records and released several records that nowadays are hard sought off and wanted collector items. Like the self titled album The Force Dimension and the 12"'s 'Dust' and 'Tension'. Now, after an absence of 18 years they are back, alive and kicking and with a new single expected towards the end of 2014.
This will be their first and worldwide exclusive reboot show!
COCKSURE
Cocksure is the brand new project of musical centipedes Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks/Ministry/Pigface...) and Jason C. Novakbridge (Acumen Nation/Pigface). "With Cocksure Christopher J. Connelly and Jason C. Novakbridge bridge the gap between Wax Trax! era industrial and the future sounds of mass corruption." Their new single will feature R23 of FRont 242! Do we need to say more!?
FULL CONTACT 69
Is a spin-off from the EBM band EDRIVER 69 which came into life in 2011 when producer and vocalist Andreas Schubert wrote a few songs which didn't fit his main project EDRIVER 69. The band describes their music as ELECTRO-BREAK-INDUSTRIAL!
For more info follow the link!
Paradoxx were a dark-electro, synth-pop act active in the early 2000s. With two studio albums,
a remix album and the Decade best-of, these Australians were fronted by strikingly sultry vocalist
Lissa Dix. The music was by keyboardist/guitarist Ralph E Dix. Their kinky-cyber-punk image belies
their extremely addictive and hook-filled club-friendly sound.
Tracks like “Radium Lover,” “Rocketship,” & “Submission” will appeal to fans of industrial-rockers Android Lust just as much as fans of the Euro-flavored dance-pop of Apoptygma Berzerk and early Pet Shop Boys with hints of the female vocal stylings of Client and Marsheaux. Available on Projekt: Archive for the first time in years, the full Paradoxx catalog gives listeners a new chance to discover their passionately catchy, electro synth-pop sound.
Available through the Bandcamp or iTunes-page of Projekt Records!!
Peek-A-Boo is always interested in hearing new bands. That’s why we’re here for, not?
Here are ShoeShine, an Indie/Rock band based in Brussels and influenced by bands such as : Liars, Sonic Youth, Polvo, No Age, My Bloody Valentine...
The band has recorded a new EP and as such references always sound good, you’d better give ‘em a try. Click down below the link to hear their stuff. We did and it’s good!
Pseudo Code "The Radio's On" CD EE29 (EE Tapes)
More remains to be heard from Pseudo Code, a Belgian threesome from the early '80s making emotional electronic music.
Pseudo Code were Alain Neffe (Insane Music), Guy Marc Hinant (1/2 founder of Sub Rosa) and Xavier S. (ex-Thrills, ex-Moving Baa, vocalist extraordinaire).
What you hear is what you get: first generation Pseudo Code dated 1980/81! 'The Radio's On' sessions, after a concept by Xavier S., got eventually abandoned and shelved.
Nothing is what it seems: tracks like 'Real Action' or 'Wondering Why' (from the legendary 'Sinn & Form' compilation tape) appear to be part of much longer studio improvisations, awesome unheard sounds.
Alternative versions of '(I'm so) Clumsy' or 'No Desire'. There's a post-collaboration included with Daniel Malempré (M.A.L.) on guitars, added years later....plus other forgotten pearls to explore, as if the best wine
was kept until last!
An album not only fascinating for Pseudo Code connoisseurs, but for everyone with open ears and mind. Belgian music history with a capital H!
