Director: Stephan Streker MyFrenchFilmFestival review A disquieting tale of clashing values and cultural tradition, Stephan Streker’s A Wedding (aka Noces) harbours an underlying fatalism that grants anxious mood and purpose to even the most mundane moments in […]
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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 […]
Director: Manu Riche A former bank – featureless and barren in the middle of a featureless, desolate Brussels – has become a temporary home for a group of asylum-seeking migrants trying to find a way […]
Watch Kiss Me Softly and Follow Me on FilmDoo Kiss Me Softly and Follow Me are two intimate and deeply personal short films. They both depict various stages in the life of Jasper, a young gay […]
Though Afghan actor/director/producer Salim Shaheen is a formidable talent in exactly none of his chosen fields, his larger-than-life personality brings an unpolished charm to his no-budget cinematic output, as well as making him a uniquely […]