With his daring debut feature, Nigerian director Babatunde Apalowo manages to create an organic tale of forbidden love where a gaze speaks louder than words.
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Rotterdam 2023 Review: ´Tage´
Peter Schreiner´s video-diary style documentary is an astonishing ode to life in the face of mortality.
Rotterdam 2023 Review: ´Blue Jean´
With Blue Jean, director Georgia Oakley presents an authentic portrayal of a lesbian community in Thatcher´s Britain.
Rotterdam 2023 Review: ´A House in Jerusalem´
A House in Jerusalem sheds light on the experiences of thousands of people who have had to flee their homes during and after the invasion of Palestine.
Rotterdam 2023 Review: ´My Little Nighttime Secret´
Natalya Meshchaninova´s My Little Nighttime Secret is the brave autobiographical retelling of a girl´s need for escapism from her abusive household.
Venice 2022 Review: ‘Blanquita’
A young woman returns to the shelter she had lived in for fourteen years, to make a confession about her experiences with two prominent figures. This unleashes a great media spectacle around the dark activities prominent figures engage in. However, in this socio-political drama, nothing is quite like it seems.
Berlinale 2022 ‘Cette Maison’ Review: Reimagining Reality
Director Miryam Charles confronts a traumatic situation in this dreamlike retelling of past, present and future.
Berlinale 2022 ‘Return to Dust’ Review: Purest Romance Film in Years
Chinese writer-director Li Ruijun presents a romance about two lost souls finding their purpose together in a film that’s destined to become a modern classic.
Berlinale 2022 ‘Convenience Store’ Review: Astonishingly Shot Modern Slavery Drama
Convenience Store presents a bleak look at the difficult lives of Kazakh and Uzbek immigrants who are forced to perform illegal labor in Russia.
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.
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