IDFA 2024

Abdul LatifDecember 8, 2024

IDFA 2024: Light Memories (dir. Misha Vallejo Prut) | Review

Photographer-turned-filmmaker Misha Vallejo Prut debuted with a rich, handsomely crafted documentary that probes his family legacy, centered around an absent…

Ryan YauNovember 23, 2024

IDFA 2024: Been Here Stay Here (dir. David Usui) | Review

David Usui’s Been Here Stay Here documents the residents of Tangier Island, whose home has shrunken by two thirds in…

Mehdi BalamissaNovember 22, 2024

IDFA 2024: Rule of Stone (dir. Danae Elon) | Review

Danae Elon examines Israeli architecture as an instrument of the systematic and infernal machine of colonialism in "Rule of Stone,"…

Inge MiddelNovember 22, 2024

IDFA 2024: Moore for Sale (dir. Keith Wilson) | Review

"We Are Inside" is a poetic journey through family, politics, and generational change in Lebanon.

Abdul LatifNovember 19, 2024

IDFA 2024: Bloodline (dir. Wojciech Węglarz) | Review

Taking on the Polish-Belarusian border conflict from a different perspective, Wojciech Węglarz's short documentary "Bloodline" is a meditative exploration of…

Michael GranadosNovember 19, 2024

IDFA 2024: A Want in Her (dir. Myrid Carten) | Review

Myrid Carten’s debut feature holds nothing back, presenting a raw portrait of vulnerability and confrontation in this miraculous portrait of…

Inge MiddelNovember 18, 2024

IDFA 2024: We Are Inside (dir. Farah Kassem) | Review

"We Are Inside" is a poetic journey through family, politics, and generational change in Lebanon.

Abdul LatifNovember 18, 2024

IDFA 2024: The Guest (dirs. Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz) | Review

Collaborating filmmakers Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Zuzanna Solakiewicz present a haunting and intense documentary on the Polish-Belarusian border conflict with…