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11/12/2023 - The film selector for the Alpine festival sheds light on the Work in Progress section which will unspool on 17 December, and gives his opinion on the state of play for arthouse cinema

Magdala stars the famous American choreographer Elsa Wolliaston. Cineuropa: How did the idea for Magdala come about? Damien Manivel: I’ve been working with Elsa Wolliaston for 12 years now. We made the short film La Dame au chien together, as well as Isadora’s Children. So Magdala came about from the desire I feel on an almost perpetual basis to film Elsa, to document our relationship, to paint a portrait of it, so to speak. I’ve wanted to work on a mythical, legendary charac...

18/01/2021 - The selector for the Les Arcs Film Festival Frédéric Boyer talks us through the Work in Progress sessions unfolding online between 20 - 22 January as part of the Industry Village event