In Their Own League – Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Lynne Sachs
Interview with Lynne Sachs on the films showing in Sheffield Doc/Fest “Directors in Focus” showcase 2020.
2020
PRESS
2020
Gimli Film Festival Reviews “Film About a Father Who”
“The film is moment after moment of revelation” – Joshua Banman
2020
Watch Sheffield Doc/Fest : Lynne Sachs Live Q&A with Festival Director Cíntia Gil
Sheffield Doc/Fest Director, Cíntia Gil is joined by director, Lynne Sachs to discuss her films and to take questions from the audience for a live Q&A.
2020
How Lynne Sachs Turns Spoken Word Into Cinematic Language
A long-overdue retrospective of the feminist artist and filmmaker demonstrates how she explores communication in her work.
2020
In Their Own League – Sheffield Doc/Fest Exclusive Review: ‘Film About a Father Who’
“With “Film About a Father Who” we are presented with the fundamental truth that people are complicated creatures who are sometimes impossible to understand fully.”
2020
Screen Queens: Sheff Doc/Fest 2020— The Lynne Sachs Focus
“the experience isn’t meant to feel seamless, but instead explore the sense of dépaysement, of being out of your own comfort zone, and revelling in that unfamiliarity and curiosity.”
2020
Women make films about women at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020
“Albeit set in very different contexts, the films draw attention to the ongoing struggles contemporary women face, and not just in the countries depicted.”
2020
THE WASHING SOCIETY – SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST 2020 REVIEW
“There is no such thing as unskilled labour—only unseen, or unappreciated.”
2020
“Serial Seduction: Film About a Father Who in Film Scratches”
“Lynne Sachs builds her story with the consummate skill which viewers have come to expect from her films: seamlessly weaving together diverse fragments of sound and picture so that they tell a complicated and ambiguous story in a way that constantly draws you in. “
2020
YOUR DAY IS MY NIGHT – SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST 2020 REVIEW
“From the cramped quarters of New York’s Chinatown where individual beds are rented, Your Day is My Night artfully brings hidden immigrants into the light.”