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8048 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 16/09/2025. 741 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake by Benito Zambrano

05/11/2021

Benito Zambrano painstakingly follows the recipe for adapting Cristina Campos’ novel of the same name for the big screen, avoiding choking while also stirring in more than meets the eye  

Pan de limón con semillas de amapola

Pan de limón con semillas de amapola

918 Nights by Arantza Santesteban

05/11/2021

Basque filmmaker Arantza Santesteban's first feature-length film, a very personal and experimental hybrid, has emerged as the big winner of Doclisboa  

918 Gau

918 Gau

Rose: A Love Story by Jennifer Sheridan

04/11/2021

Jennifer Sheridan’s debut is a romantic and modern-day version of the classic vampire genre film buoyed by an excellent acting performance from Sophie Rundle  

Rose: A Love Story

Rose: A Love Story

Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty by Alessandro Rak

04/11/2021

The third animated feature by Alessandro Rak and the team from Mad Entertainment studios has the potential to cross borders on account of its artistic qualities and environmental themes  

Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty

Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty

A Custom of the Sea by Fabrizio Polpettini

04/11/2021

A disarming sense of humour and playful reflections on the historical questions of migration seamlessly link up with today’s issues in Fabrizio Polpettini’s film  

Un usage de la mer

Un usage de la mer

Nest by Mattia Temponi

03/11/2021

Mattia Temponi’s first work is a zombie film explicitly referencing the Covid-fuelled lockdown and hovering between genre movie and metaphor  

El Nido

El Nido

A Sound of My Own by Rebecca Zehr

03/11/2021

Rebecca Zehr’s documentary has a very distinctive style that strongly resonates with the music of protagonist Marja Burchard  

A Sound of My Own

A Sound of My Own

Krai by Aleksey Lapin

03/11/2021

In his feature debut, Aleksey Lapin creates an engaging, semi-documentary glimpse into the daily life of a small Russian border town  

Krai

Krai

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism by Georgi Bogdanov, Boris Missirkov

03/11/2021

Georgi Bogdanov and Boris Missirkov’s playful documentary is a nostalgic road trip along the Iron Curtain  

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

When You are Close to Me by Laura Viezzoli

02/11/2021

Laura Viezzoli closely observes the patients and carers in a facility that deals with deaf-blindness and other sensory impairments  

Quando tu sei vicino a me

Quando tu sei vicino a me

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