Mark Dornford-May Articles

Sundance 2006: World Cinema Dramatic Lineup   Fernanda Torres in House of Sand   13 TZAMETI / France (Director and Screenwriter: Géla Babluani) – Sebastien has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else. When he reaches his destination, he falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos. North American Premiere. ALLEGRO / Denmark (Director: Christoffer Boe; Screenwriters: Christoffer Boe, Mikael Wulff) – After [...]

Pauline Malefane in Carmen in Khayelitsha The 2005 Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear has been awarded to a South African production, the Xhosa-language Carmen in Khayelitsha. Directed by Mark Dornford-May and starring Pauline Malefane (right), the film is a modernized version of Georges Bizet's opera set in a South African slum. Headed by Roland Emmerich, the seven-member Berlin jury gave the runner-up Silver Bear to [...]