One of the most eye-opening and subtle films about grief and suicide, the moving documentary sees the director Orlando von Einsiedel and his family talk about the suicide of his brother Evelyn for the first time. Read our interview with Evelyn cinematographer Franklin Dow here.
Grief
Imogen Thomas on Emu Runner: ‘The film willed its way into existence.’
Director Imogen Thomas discusses her feature, Emu Runner, which explores an Aboriginal girl’s (Rhae-Kye Waites) grief — and her community’s resilience — after her mother’s death.
Review: Supa Modo is the superhero we need
Premiering in the Generation section at the Berlinale, the Kenyan film Supa Modo from Likarion Wainaina was one of the very best at the festival, and deserves to become a classic.
Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations
Lynne Ramsay’s features centre on characters dealing with trauma by losing themselves in sensations, not language. This is an excerpt from our ebook You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue, which can be purchased here.
Summer 1993 captures how children process grief
Carla Simón’s outstanding debut feature, Summer 1993, chosen as Spain’s 2018 Foreign Language Oscar submission, explores the contradictory ways in which six-year-old Frida processes the deaths of her parents.
‘In my country, realism is surrealism!’: Kamila Andini on her dreamlike film The Seen and Unseen
Indonesian director Kamila Andini discusses her abstract and fantastic sophomore feature The Seen and Unseen, holism, and the thrill of the unknown.