Klára Tasovská’s inventive documentary I’m Not Everything I Want to Be chronicles the life of photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková as she tries to become who she wants to be amidst oppression.
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What to see (and skip) at the 2024 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
The 2024 Rendez-vous with French Cinema features many small gems of the festival circuit, like Banel & Adama, Ama Gloria, and a Real Job.
Rendez-vous with French Cinema Review: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq’s Àma Gloria
Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq’s Ama Gloria is a touching, sentimental film about the bond between a young French girl and her nanny from Cape Verde.
The 20 best films of 2023
Alex Heeney reflects back on the best films of 2023.
Berlinale Review: Luck Razanajaona’s Disco Afrika
Luck Razanajaona’s transporting and touching feature debut, Disco Afrika, is part coming-of-age story, part political awakening, and a fantastic window into daily life in Madagascar.
Berlinale Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex
In queer filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud’s film Sex, two nameless middle-aged white men, both straight-married chimney sweeps, grapple with their views on gender roles and sexual identity in contemporary Oslo.