The surprise winner of the Golden Lion at last year’s Venice Film Festival, From Afar, patiently portrays the unlikely connection and gay affair that blossoms between a middle-aged introvert and a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking, not touching, is the act of choice for a sexually wary gay man in “From Afar,” and his hands-off approach is shared by ...
Reaching for subtle, disturbing emotions, three poetic episodes delicately trace the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in Rahman Mohseni's debut feature "From Afar." The three stories, which ...
Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas’ debut “From Afar” (“Desde Alla”) and Charlie Kaufman‘s experimental “Anomalisa” were among the big winners at the 72nd Annual Venice Film Festival awards on Saturday ...
“From Afar,” Venezuela’s foreign Oscar entry, is about an alienated man who befriends a 17-year-old gang member, which prompts changes in both of their lives. And the film’s director, Lorenzo Vigas, ...
Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas' Caracas-set drama "From Afar" won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion prize for best picture on Saturday, as filmmakers from the Americas beat established ...
PANAMA CITY — The 5 th IFF Panama wrapped Wednesday night with a closing ceremony in which Venezuelan-Mexican pic “From Afar,” by Lorenzo Vigas, Panamanian drama “Salsipuedes’ helmed by Ricardo ...
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Charlie Kaufman's animated film 'Anomalisa' won the Grand Jury Prize. By Ariston Anderson DESDE ALLA Still - H 2015 “Wow. This is a bit of a surprise that will be very well received in a country where ...
Proving yet again that festival juries don’t read the trades or pay attention to chatter, the Golden Lion of the 72nd Venice Film Festival was presented to the Venezuelan drama From Afar, a film that ...