Indian newspaper The Post interviewed Woodwind director Fin Manjoo, since the movie is set in Varanasi, the Himalayas and many other towns on the foothills of the Indian mountains. Woodwind screened in competition at the Cape Town International Film Festival on October 16. Here’s a few additional extracts from Manjoo’s own words in the interview…
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Woodwind to count as a 2018 film for annual awards
The cut off date for films to be recognized as belonging to the 2017 calendar year is the end of September. So, with Woodwind screening in October 2017, and the commercial cinema run of the final cut coming up toward the end of the summer 2018, the film will officially be recognized as belonging to 2018…
Screen Africa’s article on Woodwind’s award nominations
One of Africa’s leading film magazines Screen Africa published this article on Woodwind‘s award nominations for the upcoming screening at the Cape Town International Film Festival in October. There’s also quotations from director Fin Manjoo, lead actor Leandro Taub, cinematographer Nicolas Joray and soundtrack composer Stefan Fraunberger. You can read the full article on Screen Africa here.
Pushing the boundaries of art with sound, poetry and the mind of the viewer
We talk to director Fin Manjoo about art and how this relates to the story of the character, Bonifaz in his feature film, Woodwind. Bonifaz is a music composer who feels frustrated with the art scene in the western world that mostly supports traditional classical or pop music. For personal reasons (to understand a coincidence…
Stefan’s The Attic interview reflects Bonifaz’s journey
Woodwind film composer Stefan Fraunberger recently performed at Outernational Days in Romania, where he was interviewed by The Attic. We pick out a few extracts which relates to our movie and the lead character, Bonifaz. Fraunberger spoke about how he found deserted church organs in Romania, and a unique understanding on creating new music with…
Duvenage – The foreign path through Woodwind
Woodwind sound designer Marcel Duvenage is one of the few members of the crew who worked on the final cut of the film. Duvenage talks about how the film is not a typical South African work, as well as the foreign culture and mythical inspiration to the story. QUESTION: You’re one of the few South…
Joray: Woodwind is pure existentialism
Woodwind’s Swiss-Italian cinematographer Nicolas Joray goes deeper on the values of the film, his craft with the camera and his experience behind the scenes in India and South Africa. Even though Joray hails from the visual department, it was the unique story of sound that pulled him into the story. “The interesting development of music…
Watch Leandro Taub’s Q&A
Argentine actor, Leandro Taub spoke to our followers of the film, Woodwind on Facebook live from Jerusalem on June 14. Taub, who plays the music composer Bonifaz, spoke about his preparation for the movie and the emotional experience of becoming the lead character of this story. The live video is set on the top of…
Leandro Taub LIVE, 14 June
Join actor Leandro Taub LIVE from Jerusalem on our Woodwind Facebook page here. Ask Taub questions in English and Spanish, and he will answer in both languages. The Argentine artist will talk about his preparation in becoming the music composer, Bonifaz in our film. Take note of the time zones. Set the date: 14 June, 2:30pm Central…
The mysteries of Woodwind
In festival forms Fin Pictures had to select categories even though Woodwind is not a genre film. The following three were selected: Drama, Music and Mystery. Readers already knew this is a dramatic narrative feature with a running time of 2 hours and 16 minutes. Woodwind cannot be labelled a musical since there’s no dancing, but…
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