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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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Radu Ciorniciuc's documentary Acasă, My Home follows the Enache family, whose patriarch has decided to live outside conventional society. As demands for …
[Read more...] about Acasă, My Home raises tough questions and avoids trite answers
