Director: Margarethe von Trotta Tokyo International Film Festival review Last time director Margarethe von Trotta collaborated with writer Pamela Katz, the result was Hannah Arendt, an intelligently engaging biopic about the controversial German-Jewish philosopher who […]
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Director: Gilles Coulier London Film Festival review Though timely social and economic concerns provide a sturdy backdrop for Cargo, Gilles Coulier’s richly affecting depiction of a family of working class fishermen finds its most resonant emotions […]
Federica Di Giacomo’s documentary Deliver Us (Liberami) explores the practice of exorcism within the Catholic church in Sicily. The prolific Father Cataldo is avidly sought after to perform these rituals of demonic expulsion and the film […]
Director: Sonia Kronlund London Film Festival review Afghan actor/director Salim Shaheen is the kind of magnetic figure who’s funny, charismatic and strange enough to carry a whole documentary on the strength of his personality. Of […]
The 2017 Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF) has concluded after a spectacular weekend in Brighton. The programme saw a selection of 55 short films from a range of countries, including the UK and US, […]
Open City Documentary Festival interview Atelier de Conversation documents a series of language workshops at the Pompidou Centre in Paris and captures the diverse range of people and topics that come together in the space. Through […]