Tag: Slow
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Tine Klint, Giorgos Karnavas among revamped European Film Academy board
Board has greater representation of filmmakers from North- and Southeastern Europe.Eight people have been voted onto the board of the European Film Academy following a restructure to improve representation from across Europe.They include Giorgos Karnavas, co-founder of Athens- based production company and sales firm Heretic; Tine Klint, founder of Copenhagen sales company LevelK; and Hanka…
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Sundance winning director Marija Kavtaradze on her asexuality drama ‘Slow’: “I was intrigued by this topic”
Film won her a best director award at Sundance earlier this year, and has its European premiere at Karlovy VaryLithuanian filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze came to international attention with her 2018 debut feature Summer Survivors, the story of a psychologist who travels with two patients suffering from mental illness. Premiering in official selection at Toronto, Kavtaradze…
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“Nobody Shot a Feature Film on 16mm in Lithuania for a Long Time”: Dp Laurynas Bareiša on Slow
Writer-director Marija Kavtaradze’s sophomore feature Slow follows the complicated romance between a contemporary dancer named Elena (Greta Grinevičiūtė) and an asexual sign language interpreter named Dovydas (Kęstutis Cicėnas). Though the pair share an intense chemistry, their individual sexual needs and desires (or lack thereof) are a source of constant compromise and adjustment, leading to inevitable…