By Gita Subaran Toronto International Film Festival review Director: Elia K. Schneider Tamara tells the story of Teo Almanza who, upon hearing about the death of his brother, returns to his hometown in Venezuela. What […]
LGBTQ+ films
Watch Departure on FilmDoo.com In Andrew Steggall’s enigmatic, delicately crafted Departure, the young Elliot, played by Alex Lawther, is the distraught centre of a strange and psychologically layered conflict in the south of France. When Elliot […]
Frameline Film Festival review Director: Micaela Rueda With a runtime of less 70 minutes and a sparing approach to dialogue, Micaela Rueda’s Take Me for a Ride is a coming-of-age film crafted with an unusual […]
Writer-director-producer Xolelwa ‘Ollie’ Nhlabatsi’s short film Lost in the World is a revenge thriller rearranged to disorienting effect. The South African film tells its story of police officer Whitney’s (Honey Makwakwa) quest for vigilante justice […]
Amidst intoxicated nights and sobering days, Emily Iason’s Blood and Water evokes a fundamental need for care and intimacy, and how this need can inspire intelligent people to do reckless things. The short film opens […]
By David Pountain Kate Maveau’s entrancingly shot Shimi is set in a strange and vibrant reality where danger and discomfort seem inherently linked with lust and intimacy. Chronicling young naïve ballet student Keely’s immersion into […]