Germany
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Locarno Film Festival 2025
Locarno 2025: Phantoms of July (dir. Julian Radlmaier) | Review
Julian Radlmaier’s charming exploration of alienation through Sangerhausen’s political history is a multilayered examination of collectivism and fate.
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2025
Karlovy Vary 2025: Action Item | Interview with Paula Ďurinová
A quietly radical, emotionally textured, and visually meditative film, "Action Item" carves out a gentle space for reflection on burnout,…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Tribeca 2025: A Bright Future | Interview with Lucía Garibaldi
Director Lucía Garibaldi told us how her creative instincts led her to a sci-fi dystopia, premiering at the 2025 Tribeca…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025: The Secret Agent (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho) | Review
A love letter to cinema and Recife, Brazil, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest examines how we reconstruct the past through an…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Un Certain Regard): Aisha Can’t Fly Away (dir. Morad Mostafa) | Review
Berlinale Talent alumnus Morad Mostafa brings an offbeat yet rebellious film to Un Certain Regard this year, focusing on misogyny…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Competition): Sentimental Value (dir. Joachim Trier) | Review
Family — a word often wrapped in warmth and love — does not evoke the same feelings in everyone. For…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Un Certain Regard): A Poet (dir. Simón Mesa Soto) | Review
A tragic philosopher lurking in delusion finds purpose through a kindred spirit in this remarkable satirical cinema at its finest.
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Mirrors No. 3 (dir. Christian Petzold) | Review
Christian Petzold’s "Mirrors No. 3" drifts like a quiet spell through grief and substitution, asking whether healing means becoming whole—or…
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DOK.fest München 2025
DOK.fest München 2025: The Invisible Contract (dir. Luciana Kaplan) | Review
Luciana Kaplan invites us to open our eyes to the women we pass on street corners in Mexico City or…
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DOK.fest München 2025
DOK.fest München 2025: 9-Month Contract (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili) | Review
"9-Month Contract" is a poignant ode to resilience and maternal love, brought to life by the touching bond between Zhana…
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