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A young man and woman smile at someone off camera in this still from Aristocrats. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 22, 2021

IFFR Review: Aristocrats compares two women’s freedom in class-conscious Tokyo

Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, which world premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), follows two Tokyo women of different social classes who …

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Alex Heeney / February 16, 2021

What is the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition?

The World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival featured some genuinely exciting and original films, as well as many films that check …

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Seventh Row Editors / February 16, 2021

The best films of IFFR 2021

We gathered four of our writers to each choose one IFFR 2021 film that stuck with them, and explain why it was a highlight. After an exhausting Sundance …

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Alex Heeney / February 12, 2021

‘The idea for the sound design was accepting silence’: Iuli Gerbase on The Pink Cloud

Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase discusses her feature debut, The Pink Cloud, about a couple unable to leave their homes for years but shot before the …

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Alex Heeney / February 4, 2021

Luzzu director Alex Camilleri on why ‘Malta needed to play itself’

Writer-director Alex Camilleri discusses his feature film debut Luzzu which premiered at Sundance, telling authentic Maltese stories, and turning fishermen into …

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A still from Acasă, My Home.

Lindsay Pugh / January 30, 2021

Acasă, My Home raises tough questions and avoids trite answers

Radu Ciorniciuc's documentary Acasă, My Home follows the Enache family, whose patriarch has decided to live outside conventional society. As demands for …

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