Comments on: MIFF 2009 reviews – Bronson (2009), The 10 Conditions of Love (2009), Krabat (2008)

By: Thomas Caldwell

Thomas Caldwell — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:00:13 +0000

Hi Zi

I think people are very aware that documentaries are biased and that’s one thing that distinguishes them from news stories (which are supposedly not biased but of course often are). So yes, this is a biased film because it wants to bring to our attention the plight of Rebiya Kadeer and the Uyghur people. Besides the filmmaker, Jeff Daniels, repeatedly tried to get the Chinese government’s perspective for his film but they constantly refused him. I agree with you that opinions about important issues shouldn’t be formed over a single film but I still maintain that this is a good film and it is important for this underrepresented and often suppressed perspective to be given a voice.

Cheers
Thomas

By: Zi

Zi — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:49:21 +0000

don’t people just realize that documentaries, especially political ones are always going to be biased? people should be more aware of the influence and the controversy behind media before letting it affect them. watching 10 conditions of love ( regardless of its importance) and then without hesitation supporting the uyghurs and condemning china is as immature as watching chinese news and siding with china.

all in all my comment is just a warning that people should watch as much as they can but critically think about it before making such comments.

i personally thought it was a pretty shit movie with an interesting topic that could have been better developed by someone who would have has more access to either side than Daniels did.

By: Thomas Caldwell

Thomas Caldwell — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:45:45 +0000

Film festivals should be able to program whatever films they like without political interference. There are a lot of interesting films coming out of Tel Aviv so it seems completely reasonable to highlight them. I don’t think a Canadian film festival should be accountable for the military actions of a country that it is screening films from.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:33:57 +0000

MIFF’s sister festival TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)did what amounts to an about face to MIFF’s stand. During a year that started out with the massacre of some 1,400 Gazan Palestinians, TIFF saw fit to highlight the city of Tel Aviv in its inaugural “City to City” showcase. Abetted by the year old “Brand Israel” campaign orchestrated by the Israeli consulate (with the financial assistance of prominent Canadian zionists), TIFF swept aside criticisms as anti-semitic. Personally, I’m a bit MIFFED at TIFF and support MIFFs stand in their TIFF with China.

By: UYGHUR

UYGHUR — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:03:32 +0000

wow…….I’m, well I must say all the UYGHURS (0r UIGHUR) who are living in other countries (wanting to get their country back from the chinese) were so happy that this documantry was made…..the Chinese tried so hard to withdraw this film from the festival. POOR THING, they couldn’t…on the contrary they made this film more popular by withdrawing 3 of their films not the TEN CONDITIONS OF LOVE…(I GUESS WE SHOULD THANK THEM FOR DOING THAT) but from that you can see the REAL side of the Chinese…they NEVER want the public or the world to know about the UYGHURS….I’m glad just from this film many Australians learnt something about the Uyghurs.
HOPE WE CAN GET OUR COUNTRY BACK SOON FROM THE COMMUNIST CHINESE
FREEDOM FOR EAST TURKISTAN!!!
FREEDOM FOR UYGHUR!!!

By: Benicio

Benicio — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:22:08 +0000

Watched Bronson this week and was totally disappointed. I think I failed to grasp what the film maker was trying to do. I look forward to seeing The 10 Conditions of Love. Sounds like an eye opener.