Festival Highlights
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IFF Cologne 2022: Award Winners and Reviews
We were thrilled to attend and cover the 3rd edition of the dazzling International Film Festival Cologne, from June 1st…
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SXSW 2022: ‘Self-Portrait’ (Visions) | Review
In Joële Walinga’s experimental and thought-provoking Self-Portrait, which premiered at SXSW 2022, one experiences the world through surveillance cameras.
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SXSW 2022: ‘Crows Are White’ (Documentary Spotlight) | Review
Ahsen Nadeem’s documentary Crows Are White premiered at SXSW: a filmmaker’s amusing albeit puzzling spiritual quest alongside a Buddhist monastery’s…
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IFFR 2022: Met Mes (Tiger Competition) | Review
With a neon-bled color palette, Sam de Jong’s Met Mes (The Photo Camera), uses its lens to uncover the truths…
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IFFR 2022: ‘Barbarian Invasion’ (Harbour Section) | Review
The multi-talented Chui Mui Tan stars, writes, and directs in her martial arts film of self-discovery and redemption, in Barbarian…
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Doclisboa 2021: ‘Gallant Indies’ (Review)
With Gallant Indies, presented at the 19th Doclisboa, director Philippe Béziat crafts a beautiful, multilayered film addressing contemporary issues, with…
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Doclisboa 2021: ‘Between Summers’ (Review)
Director Anja Koprivšek skillfully uses direct cinema and empathy to craft a raw, touching, thought provoking short documentary, Between Summers,…
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Jerusalem Film Festival 2021: The Crusade | Review
Louis Garrel’s The Crusade, presented at the 2021 Jerusalem Film Festival, succeeds in its premise and approach but falls short…
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Jerusalem Film Festival 2021: Beginning | Review
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s first feature film is difficult to watch, but even harder to turn away from. Beginning is now screening…
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Indigenous Film Summit 2021: How to tell Indigenous stories in film, and support Indigenous creators?
Our contributor Sara Aloe immerses us into the 4th Indigenous Film Summit (June 23-25, 2021), a hotspot for respect, inclusion,…
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