TFF 2011 – Preview “Grey Matter” (“Matière Grise”)

By Tambay, on April 3rd, 2011

Screening at the upcoming 2011 installment of the Tribeca Film Festival here in New York City is Rwandan filmmaker Kivu Ruhorahoza’s feature film debut, Grey Matter (aka Matière Grise), shot on location in Kigali, Rwanda.

Synopsis reads: When his grant falls through a few days before production, a young filmmaker hides the bad news from his team and continues preparations on his film The Cycle of the Cockroach without financing or equipment. Reality blurs as scenes from the script suddenly begin to materialize – can this film exist only in his dreams?

Maybe a touch of Fellini’s 8 1/2 in there, perhaps, as films that center on filmmakers in some turmoil, as the dream world blurs in with reality, are often compared to.

I’ll be at the festival this year, which starts on April 20, and this is on my to-see list.

You’ll find a trailer below, and an interview with the director underneath:

 

<p>GreyMatter clip1 from Antonio Rui Ribeiro on Vimeo.</p>

via shadowandact.com