Film financing ‘tough’ since 2008 downturn: Aronofsky
TORONTO (AFP) – Critical acclaim and box office success have not helped filmmaker Darren Aronofsky secure financing for new movies, and it has become doubly hard since the 2008 economic downturn, he said Tuesday.
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Play It Again (And Again, And Again)
Caught the Atlantic Shorts program yesterday, a five-film selection that included Tarek Abouamin’s Gawab, a thoughtful, introspective piece that examines how family connections and cultural environment can pull at different ends of the rope when it comes to an immigrant’s sense of identity. I found it even better the second time than the first (the same cut played at the Halifax Independent …
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