Abdul Latif

Latif is a film enthusiast from Bogor, Indonesia. He is especially interested in documentaries and international cinema, and started his film review blog in 2017. Every year, Latif covers the Berlinale, Cannes and Venice, and he frequently attends festivals in his home country (Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, Jakarta Film Week, Sundance Asia,…).

Spotlight: Documentary

Abdul LatifJanuary 19, 2024

Sundance Film Festival 2024: A New Kind of Wilderness (World Cinema Documentary Competition) | Review

A Norwegian family living off the grid faces a heartbreaking and unprecedented dilemma in Silje Evensmo Jacobsen's moving documentary A…
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Sundance 2024

Abdul LatifJanuary 19, 2024

Sundance Film Festival 2024: Brief History of a Family (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) | Review

Lin Jianjie’s debut feature Brief History of a Family, premiering at Sundance 2024, dives into socioeconomic constraints, class prejudice, and…
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Best Films

Abdul LatifJanuary 14, 2024

Top 10 Short Films of 2023

Film Fest Report writer Abdul Latif has curated his favorite short films of 2023, presenting a unique collection spanning from…
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IDFA 2023

Abdul LatifNovember 28, 2023

IDFA 2023: How Do You Spell Home? | Review

Louisiana Mees-Fongang captures the beauty and the sorrow of a community centre for unaccompanied teenage refugees in Belgium, in her…
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IDFA 2023

Abdul LatifNovember 28, 2023

IDFA 2023: Girl Away From Home | Review

We Will Not Fade Away director Alisa Kovalenko and Oscar nominee Simon Lereng Wilmont co-direct a story of young gymnastics…
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TIFF 2023

Abdul LatifSeptember 14, 2023

TIFF 2023: The Rye Horn (Platform) | Review

Fleeing and motherhood are dual crosses to bear in this powerful TIFF Platform entry from Spain, The Rye Horn (O…
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Venice Film Festival 2023

Abdul LatifSeptember 12, 2023

Venice Film Festival 2023: Sea Salt (Orizzonti) | Review

A Lebanese girl is struggling for independence in Leila Basma’s coming-of-age short film Sea Salt, presented in the Orizzonti strand…
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Venice Film Festival 2023

Abdul LatifSeptember 10, 2023

Venice Film Festival 2023: Paradise is Burning (Orizzonti) | Review

Three young sisters are abandoned by their irresponsible mother and seeking total freedom forever in Venice Film Festival’s Paradise is…
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Venice Film Festival 2023

Abdul LatifSeptember 7, 2023

Venice Film Festival 2023: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Review

A standout debut at the Venice Film Festival this year, Ariane Louis-Seize’s hilarious yet tender and compassionate bloodsucker flick follows…
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Venice Film Festival 2023

Abdul LatifSeptember 2, 2023

Venice Film Festival 2023: God is a Woman (Critics’ Week Opening Film) | Review

Swiss-Panamanian director Andrés Peyrot takes on French documentary maker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau’s lost film about Kuna tribe in Panama, in…
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