Poland
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: Dust (dir. Anke Blondé) | Review
Almost a financial thriller, "Dust" unspools the quiet implosion of two self-fashioned tech visionaries, turning corporate bravado into a slow,…
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) 2025
PÖFF 2025: China Sea | Interview with Jurgis Matulevičius
"China Sea" probes the wounds of a generation as Jurgis Matulevičius follows an angry young man “trying to change” in…
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EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025
EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025: Father (dir. Tereza Nvotová) | Review
"Father" makes you reflect on human behaviour—our capacity to forget, our instinct to endure—and gently asks what we might do…
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RIDM 2025
RIDM 2025: Letters from Wolf Street | Interview with Arjun Talwar & Bigna Tomschin
Arjun Talwar’s "Letters from Wolf Street," which opened RIDM 2025, is a tender, Varda-inspired portrait of everyday encounters that “turns…
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Rome Film Festival 2025
Rome Film Festival 2025: Winter of the Crow (dir. Kasia Adamik) | Review
Bleak, haunting, and quietly electrifying, "Winter of the Crow" is a spooky thriller directed by Kasia Adamik and written by…
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Spotlight: Middle Eastern Filmmakers
Sundance 2025: The Things You Kill (dir. Alireza Khatami) | Review
Family drama turns into a body-swap mystery thriller in Iranian filmmaker Alireza Khatami’s Turkey-set "The Things You Kill" ("Öldürdüğün Şeyler")—one…
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IDFA 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…
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IDFA 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…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Visions du Réel 2024: In Limbo (by Alina Maksimenko) | Review
In her first documentary feature, premiering at Visions du Réel 2024, Alina Maksimenko captures the first days of the Russian…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2024: Forest (Las) | Review
Lidia Duda's most recent documentary Forest delves into the refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, portraying the struggles of a…
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