In Kamila Andini's Yuni, the eponymous teenager tries to figure out who she is amidst growing patriarchal pressures. Kamila Andini’s coming-of-age …
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World Cinema
The Gravedigger’s Wife offers a touching slice of Somali life
The Gravedigger's Wife follows a Somali gravedigger's desperate search for funds to finance life-saving surgery for his wife. In Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s …
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Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl) finds a new angle on life under fascism
Sandrine Kiberlain's feature debut, Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl), is the story of an aspiring Parisian actress living under the Nazi …
InsideOut review: Beyto is an unexpected coming-of-ager
Gitta Gsell’s Beyto is more admirable for what it attempts to explore about life as a gay Turkish immigrant in Switzerland than how successful it is at …
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Berlin and Beyond 2021 Highlights: Exile and Veins of the World
San Francisco's 2021 German and German-language film showcase, Berlin and Beyond, features highlights Exile and Veins of the World. The festival wraps …
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Grégory Magne’s film Perfumes will lift your spirits
Grégory Magne’s Perfumes is a lovely film about a friendship between two lonely adults, one of whom designs perfumes. The film is screening in Canada via …
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