San Francisco’s 2021 German and German-language film showcase, Berlin and Beyond, features highlights Exile and Veins of the World.
Essays
Grégory Magne’s film Perfumes will lift your spirits
Grégory Magne’s new film Perfumes is a lovely French dramedy about a friendship between two lonely adults, one of whom designs perfumes.
200 meters gives an inside look at life in the West Bank
Jordan’s Oscar submission for Best International Feature is a slice-of-life story of a family divided by the wall between Israel and Palestine.
In Luke Holland’s Final Account, Holocaust perpetrators reflect on their actions
Luke Holland’s Final Account introduces us to the last living generation of Hitler’s Third Reich to explore how they feel about their actions.
Ida Panahandeh’s Titi is a character study about life under patriarchy
Ida Panahandeh’s Titi is a character study about an Iranian Roma woman caught between two unworthy men in a society controlled by men.
Visions du Réel 2021 spotlights nonfiction films pushing the form forward
The 2021 Visions du Réel film festival featured boundary-pushing nonfiction films, with highlights including Sheltered and Les Guérisseurs.