Top prize at Asian Cinema Festival goes to China/Tibet film 'Jinpa'
The 25th Cyclo d'Or (Golden Rickshaw) award at the Fica, the Festival International des Cinémas d'Asie, went to Pema Tseden's Jinpa, a mystery story with a philosophical thrust. The film won three of...
View ArticleSmall South Asian film festival makes it to Paris' Grand Rex
It's more than a year since the last one but the 6th South Asian Film Festival FFAST got under on Wednesday night in Paris. Its aim: to provide the South Asian community and French fans of South Asian...
View ArticleJean-Luc Thomas: flute player, horse-whisperer
French flute player and composer Jean-Luc Thomas travels the world performing with, and learning from, musicians from countries as diverse as Brazil, Niger, India and Ireland. "Everybody was my...
View ArticleThe 'impossible' race across Antarctica
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the recent race across Antarctica. There’s the listener mailbag, music by request from Heimer Sia - and of course, the new...
View ArticleBerlinale film festival: eventful build-up to Bear Awards
At the 69th Berlinale Film Festival where its famous golden and silver awards will be handed out on Saturday night in the German capital, it's a particular year for events.
View ArticleEarly rewards at Berlinale for Sudanese and French world premières
The 2019 Berlinale awards started coming in at a pace on Saturday. Among them, Sudanese documentary Talking About Trees and the much talked about Franco-Israeli Synonymes.
View ArticleNadav Lapid's 'Synonymes' dances away with Golden Bear in Berlin
Nadav Lapid's partially autobiographical and biting social comedy is an antedote to excessive negative emotion, including nationalism. On receiving the award he said, "Synonymes might be defined in...
View ArticleMeet Europe’s only Sak Yant tattoo artist
More than 400 tattooists gathered at the World Tattoo Fair that took place from 15 to 17 February in the Grande Halle de La Villette near Paris. Among them, traditional Sak Yant tattooists who were...
View ArticleFrench court thinks over long-delayed fake Rodin case
The trial of a private company accused of selling counterfeit sculptures of French artist Auguste Rodin has opened in the Paris Court of Appeal. Gruppo Mondiale is accused of using genuine casts to...
View ArticlePianist Faraj Suleiman develops his new Palestinian sound in France
Palestinian pianist and composer Faraj Suleiman was just three when he showed a love of piano, growing up in the village of Ramy, Upper Galilee. Despite a shortage of role models, he has gone on to...
View ArticleFreedom of expression in Bahrain
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about political prisoners in Bahrain. There’s quite a lot of meowing (did that catch your attention ?!?), music by request from...
View ArticleRobert Redford gets honorary French 'Oscar'
"Custody", Xavier Legrand's debut film about a couple's custody battle, won four main awards at the Césars, the equivalent of the 'Oscars' for French cinema. Veteran actor Robert Redford received an...
View ArticleSearching for Jim Morrison's soul in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris
Many famous people from all over who died in Paris ended up in Père Lachaise cemetery. Jim Morrison, the iconic singer with American rock band The Doors is one such person. Even 48 years after his...
View ArticleLagerfeld's demise casts shadow over Paris fashion week
Paris Women’s Fashion Week gets underway today in the French capital. Over the next nine days some of the biggest names in women's ready-to-wear fashion will showcase their autumn-winter 2019-2020...
View ArticleFrench prosecutors drop investigation into Luc Besson sexual assault claims
French prosecutors have dropped an investigation into claims that film mogul Luc Besson raped his former girlfriend, his lawyers said Monday.
View ArticleNaïssam Jalal and the quest to "play silence" in music
Franco-Syrian flute and ney player Naïssam Jalal is as eclectic as she is talented. Equally at ease flowing with Palestinian rapper Osloob as part of sextet Al Akhareen as surrounding her music with...
View ArticleThe life of a songbird
Do you think opera singers are in a world far away from yours (especially if they hold the title of “Dame”?). This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear a Sound Kitchen Flashback with Dame Felicity...
View ArticleFemale artists claim more recognition as Rwandan film triumphs in Fespaco
“The Mercy of the Jungle”, directed by Joel Karekezi, was awarded the top prize at the Fespaco film festival, while female artists deplored a general lack of recognition.
View ArticleParis museum cancels concert by Western Sahara singer
The Arab World Institute Museum (AWI) in Paris has cancelled a concert by Western Sahara singer Aziza Brahim, reportedly after diplomatic pressure from Morocco.
View ArticleWill Paris' Orly Airport become Orly-Johnny Hallyday airport?
The fans of the singer Johnny Hallyday who died in 2017, are known to be ready to do anything to honour the rocker’s memory. So much so, in fact, that one of them has proposed to change the name of the...
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