It is an ancient custom of the Xhosa people in South Africa that boys who have grown to a certain age are sent into secluded camps for several weeks where they undergo a circumcision ritual […]
Interviews
Watch Kissing? on FilmDoo Through the lens of its central relationship between Danny (Thanassis Petropoulos) and Stella (Iro Bezou), eccentric Greek rom-com Kissing? offers an unconventional take on modern life and love. Presenting an out-of-chronology series of encounters […]
Watch 1:54 on FilmDoo Exposing the social stigmas, heated rivalries and silent anguish of the adolescent years, Yan England’s tensely constructed 1:54 stars Antoine-Olivier Pilon of Mommy fame as a meek young track runner and science enthusiast […]
Watch Swagger on FilmDoo A colourful mosaic of life in the underprivileged Parisian suburbs of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Olivier Babinet’s Swagger gives voice to the anxieties and aspirations of schoolchildren whose youthful idealism persists in spite of barriers stemming from issues of […]
Taking its name from an old fable in which an idle cricket sings and dances its summer away while the diligent ant toils in preparation for the coming winter, Julia Ritschel’s The Cricket and the […]
Watch Cigano on FilmDoo In the 18-minute drama Cigano, Portuguese director David Bonneville builds quiet, ambiguous tension over the course of a short but uncomfortable car journey. When the wealthy young Sebastian reluctantly accepts help from a passing […]