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Ale Ulman, and was shot in 2019 in Gijón (Asturias, Spain), where she grew up. (The article continues below - Commercial information) Cineuropa: stepping ? Amalia Ulman: No; my mum is very different from the part she plays. She’s really fond of indie cinema, and she used to take me to the Gijón Film Festival when I was little. It was fun working with her because I come from a fine-arts background: she likes fine arts as well, but she doesn’t fully understand them. On the other hand, she does understand film: she got all of the references and took it very seriously. I myself we...

film profile], a supremely independent film that world-premiered last weekend in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Putting her fine sense of humour to good use, the 31-year-old helmer has filled it with some of her own experiences and many of her anxieties, and has built up quite an accurate portrait of how the crisis has affected the inhabitants of Gijón, the northern Spanish city where the action unfolds, depicted in black and white by Carlos Rigo Bellver, à la Woody Allen (who was crowned with the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts in 2002 in ...

“Passing”  The versatility that Rebecca Hall has shown in front of the camera extends to her directorial debut, a mannered but enchanting study in appearances literal and symbolic. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, “Passing” follows childhood friends whose unexpected reunion proves to be a mixed blessing. One (Tessa Thompson) resides in Harlem, where she is happily married to a doctor (André Holland); the other (Ruth Negga, showcasing a wide-eyed glamour befitting the silent-film era) is wed to a wealthy racist (Alexander Skarsgård) and presents as white. With time, their d...

Three films from Ibero-America premiered in the World Dramatic section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Peculiarly enough they all feel related to each other, almost as if part of the same thought wavelength, in theme and tone, straddling the line between introspection and finding humor in the absurdity of human nature. From Brazil, Iuli Gerbase’s not-so-dystopian drama “The Pink Cloud” might feel too close to our current reality for some to enjoy. However, the way it builds a microcosm that exacerbates the worst in human dynamics and fears is outstanding. Prophetic rather than...

Artist Amalia Ulman Makes Her Feature Debut with Sundance Contender 'El Planeta' Anna Marie de la Fuente, provided by Jan. 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 82 MIN. Courtesy of Holgas Meow Pictures/Sundance Among the films in World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s virtual Sundance is the darkly comic “El Planeta,” the debut feature of Spanish-Argentine artist Amalia Ulman, who has worked in video, sculpture and performance art. Ulman is best-known for her 2014 performance art piece “Excellences and Perfections” (more on that here), which was includ...