No Story Left Untold: Irish Filmmaker Aisling Walsh
BAFTA-Winning Irish screenwriter/director Aisling Walsh looks back at her career and how lockdown during the pandemic has ignited her creativity, even…
Tag: independent film
CONTROL: The First Viral Polish LGBTQ Web Series
FRONTRUNNER meets Polish director Natasza Parzymies and discovers her smash-hit, groundbreaking LGBTQ web series CONTROL.
A Q&A With Kiwi Filmmaker Cathy MacDonald
Kiwi Writer/director Cathy MacDonald spent nearly a decade in the UK, writing and directing promos and commercials for everyone from Disney to the BBC…
Chasing Miranda July in ‘L.A. Tea Time’
Quebecois filmmaker Sophie Bédard Marcotte goes searching for Miranda July in her 2019 documentary film, L.A. Tea Time. FRONTRUNNER learns more.
‘Fat Front’: A Film By Louise Detlefsen & Louise Kjeldsen
Four young women promote body positivity, joining the fight against a fat-phobic world in Louise Deltefsen and Louise Kjeldsen’s documentary Fat Fro…
London Korean Film Festival Part II: Freckles
Sentenced to her Summer holidays in a fat camp by her absent parents, bashful Young-shin experiences a sexual awakening. Freckles (주근깨) is a bit…
London Korean Film Festival Part I: The Stars Whisper
Hard-of-hearing Yeon-hee reluctantly starts at a new school. She makes an awkward first impression in class, garnering the attention of the fanciful Y…
Silence as Protest – Filmmaker David Shields on Lynch: A History
Marshawn Lynch, the twice-retired running back who played for the Oakland Raiders, spent his time in the NFL pissing off fans and press alike for his …
“Come Healing of the Body, Come Healing of the Mind”: Review of ‘The Farewell’
It takes a daring director to envisage a charming tale of little white lies, but Lulu Wang’s morally ambiguous and emotionally justifiable dramedy, …
FRONTRUNNER Film Review: Inna De Yard
On the green landscapes of Kingston highs, a band of singers gather up for the record of a new album. More than 30 years after their golden age, they …