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Chloe Sesta Jacobs

Chloe Sesta Jacobs

Chloe completed a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at RMIT University, majoring in cinema studies. A world cinema enthusiast, her favourite films include The Lives of Others, Grave of the Fireflies, The Hunt, Goodbye Lenin and Amour. As Culture Coordinator at Luma Pictures, she is constantly immersed in the film industry. When she’s not obsessing over Mads Mikkelsen or her two sausage dogs, she’s practicing Bikram yoga or dancing in front of her mirror to Taylor Swift.

MIFF 2013: Death For Sale (2011)
Festivals, Film, Foreign, Melbourne International Film Festival August 5, 2013 August 5, 2013

MIFF 2013: Death For Sale (2011)

The audience knows where the film is headed long before it gets there, very much like watching a trail slowly derail. As the title indicates, Death For Sale doesn’t provide any happy endings. These men are a product of their society, which unfortunately doesn’t elevate them to fulfil any kind of potential.

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MIFF 2013: A World Not Ours (2012)
Festivals, Film, Foreign, Melbourne International Film Festival August 5, 2013 August 5, 2013

MIFF 2013: A World Not Ours (2012)

A World Not Ours gives us a unique look at a corner of the world we would be unlikely to encounter otherwise, adding a jazzy score and humour throughout to perk up an otherwise grim subject. Informative and grounding, this film shows us how frequently we take identity for granted.

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MIFF 2013: First Cousin Once Removed (2012)
Festivals, Film, Foreign, Melbourne International Film Festival August 5, 2013 August 5, 2013

MIFF 2013: First Cousin Once Removed (2012)

One can deduce First Cousin Once Removed is deliberately disjointed and fragmented, much like Honig’s thoughts and feelings. Through photos and old letters as well as interviews with family and friends, Berliner shows us, and Honig, the man he used to be.

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MIFF 2013: Coming Forth By Day (2012)
Festivals, Film, Foreign, Melbourne International Film Festival July 30, 2013 August 5, 2013

MIFF 2013: Coming Forth By Day (2012)

Coming Forth By Day is 24 hours in the life of Suad (Donia Maher) and her mother (Salma Al-Najjar). Suad spends almost all of her…

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Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Love with an Accent (2012)
Festivals, Film, Foreign July 4, 2013 July 4, 2013

Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Love with an Accent (2012)

Love With An Accent could be considered Russia’s answer to Love Actually, comprised of seven short stories, Georgian writer/director Rezo Gigineishvili provides an extremely positive, albeit at times a little implausible, perspective on love.

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Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Soulless (2012)
Festivals, Film, Foreign July 4, 2013 July 4, 2013

Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Soulless (2012)

Max (Danila Kozlovskiy) is living the high life in Moscow. A senior bank manager, he is incredibly wealthy with all the material possessions anyone could ever want. He spends his days working in a building he calls ‘global corporate evil’ and his nights partying with countless women and drugs.

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Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Conductor (2012)
Festivals, Film, Foreign July 2, 2013 July 2, 2013

Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Conductor (2012)

Operatic in its entirety, at its core The Conductor has a heart, but it is surrounded by substantial implausibility that makes it hard to find. It might have grand theatrics, but ultimately falls flat.

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Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Snow Queen (2012)
Animation, Festivals, Film July 2, 2013 July 2, 2013

Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Snow Queen (2012)

The Snow Queen’s world is void of colour, juxtaposed against the colourful landscape of scenes reminiscent of life under the Tsar and the post-Cold War era. There are capitalist and Soviet themes throughout The Snow Queen, creating a journey through the history of an incredibly volatile country.

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Film Review: The Hangover Part III (2013)
Current Theatrical Releases, Film May 23, 2013 May 23, 2013

Film Review: The Hangover Part III (2013)

The Hangover Part III sings a bit of a different tune to the two films that came before it – there’s no big night out, no drugs, no booze and no hangover to deal with. This is a heist film with the same goofy, everything goes wrong, chaotic flavour we’ve seen before.

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Film Review: Broken (2012)
Current Theatrical Releases, Foreign May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013

Film Review: Broken (2012)

11-year-old Skunk (Eloise Laurence) witnesses a senseless, brutal attack on one of her neighbours which kickstarts series of events that change the lives of three middle-class families forever.

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