Convenience Store presents a bleak look at the difficult lives of Kazakh and Uzbek immigrants who are forced to perform illegal labor in Russia.
Author Archives: Julian Janssen
Berlin 2022 ‘Everything Will Be OK’ Review: Or Will It?
Two years after premiering his documentary ‘Irradiated’, Rithy Panh is back in Berlin to present another work that reflects on human atrocities and is bound to be just as divisive.
Berlin 2022 ‘Robe of Gems’ Review: Unfocused, Yet Unique Cartel Drama
Mexican director Natalia López Gallardo presents an interesting, yet slightly unfocused narrative about women, cartels and privilege in her directorial debut..
Rotterdam 2022 ‘EAMI’ Review: A Loss of One’s Own
IFFR Paraguayan Tiger Award winner EAMI is a sensorial tribute to the Ayoreo life.
Rotterdam 2022 ‘Shabu’ Review: Navigating Masculinity
Shabu paints a period of time in the life of a boy who’s faced with masculinity in the process of growing up.
Rotterdam 2022 ‘Along the Way’ Review: A New Point of View
Mijke de Jong’s Along the Way offers new perspectives on our world, through the eyes of female refugees.
Rotterdam 2022 ‘Please Baby Please’ Review: A Breath of Fresh Camp
Amanda Kramer opens this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam with a bang.
Calgary International Film Festival ‘Seuls’ Review: The journey of Lone Refugees
Director Paul Tom crafts an emotionally affecting portrait of the journeys of child refugees in Canada.
Vancouver International Film Festival ‘The Scary of Sixty-First’ Review: Transgressive Campy Horror Satire
Director Dasha Nekrasova creates a queer, campy and bonkers satire about conspiracy theorists.
Venice 2021 ‘Al Garib’ Review: An Ode to the Occupied
In one of the greatest must-watches of the year, Syrian director Ameer Fakher Eldin creates a visual masterpiece that pays homage to his motherland and its inhabitants.
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