Song Yun-hyeok’s A Slice Room documents the lives of Korean men and women who have fallen through the cracks of the nation’s welfare system. Focusing on a few tenants of the ‘jjokbangchon’ (‘villages of slice’) residential […]
Month: August 2018
Director: Mahmoud Ghaffari Watch Hair on FilmDoo From its silent opening scene of a young woman weeping as she fiercely combs out her long dark hair (an intensely watchable Shabnam Akhlaghi, her performance both febrile and contained), Mahmoud Ghaffari’s […]
This week, bring you a documentary from Mongolia and a pair of films from British director Thomas Lawes. Scroll down to learn more! Mongolian Bling (dir. Benj Binks, Australia/Mongolia) Forget about nomads and monks, it’s hip hop […]
Director: Juan Gautier Watch Tanger Gool on FilmDoo A blend of documentary and scripted drama, Spanish production Tanger Gool is a concerted effort to present a feel-good film about the concerns of Arab youth in the poor Bir […]
This week, we bring you a pair of female-led sports films from Iran and Morocco, an LGBT comedy from the US and a short drama from Egypt. Scroll down to learn more! Hair (dir. Mahmoud Ghaffari, […]
Since the early days of cinema, film has often been used as an effective political weapon, either as propaganda or simply to campaign and agitate. Some of the most renowned political films from the silent […]