Film Review – Shayda (2023)
Shayda and her six-year-old daughter, Mona, take refuge in a women’s shelter. From there, a long emancipation journey begins. The...
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Film Review – Green Border (2023)
Agnieszka Holland, the celebrated director from Poland, returns with a powerful and pressing film. Holland is a leading figure in...
Interview – Ivan Sautkin On Documenting Daily Life In Occupied Ukraine
There is something uncanny in the daily experience of receiving war images; the source of such content, often mediated by...
INTERVIEW: Lisa Jackson on staring at the stars and Indigenous colonial histories with ‘Wilfred Buck’ (H:DOX 2024)
Wilfred Buck is an expert of all sorts. He is a member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, the offspring of a...
Film Review – Perfect Days (2023)
You are biking past a bridge reflecting the lights of your city twice, toward the sky and the waters below....
IFFR 2024 Film Review – Green Border (2023)
Agnieszka Holland, the celebrated director from Poland, returns with a powerful and pressing film. Holland is a leading figure in...
INTERVIEW: Sophia Bösch on her dystopic combat with power ‘Milk Teeth’ (IFFR 2024)
Films exploring dystopian scenarios are becoming increasingly popular preferences for young directors, aligned with a general inclination towards narratives of...
Film Review – R.M.N. (2022)
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu is a celebration of filmmaking, for his polarizing, often brutal realism (‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and...
INTERVIEW: Christos Nikou on his tender sci-fi story ‘Fingernails’
Physical attraction, lust, comfort, or security could easily confuse one into love. They are often reasons for a couple to...
Film Review – Fremont (2023)
Danya, the main face of ‘Fremont’, is a humble, yet assertive Afghan young lady who works for a fortune cookie...
Film Review – Scrapper (2023)
The introduction reads, ‘It takes a village to raise a child can take care of myself, thanks.’ This could easily...
INTERVIEW: Nicolas Peduzzi on his stirring and haunting hospital doc – Cannes Film Festival 2023
We might assume that the healthcare system is the top priority of any European government, we might know that it...
Interview: Mira Erdevički on her heartening, hands-on portrait of Roma in UK
Denisa Gannon is the first Roma British lawyer, currently assisting migrating families in their civic integration. Petr Torák is an...
Interview: Emily Norling, the madness of love – H:DOX 2023
The second feature from the Swedish filmmaker Emily Norling, ‘Megaheartz’, premiered at the H:DOX Dokumentar Film festival 2023. Emily spoke...