Film Reviews

8210 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 17/12/2025. 704 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Below Zero by Lluís Quílez

28/01/2021

Lluís Quílez’s second feature is a prison-set thriller and road movie, which begins in mundane fashion but ups the levels of adrenaline and excitement in the second half  

Bajocero

Bajocero

The Brain by Jean-Stéphane Bron

27/01/2021

Jean-Stéphane Bron leads us through the darker recesses of the human mind, taking us on a fascinating yet distressing journey which it’s difficult to come out of unscathed  

Cinq nouvelles du cerveau

Cinq nouvelles du cerveau

Sapelo by Nick Brandestini

26/01/2021

Nick Brandestini’s third film is an ode to life and nature which uncovers dark and disturbing feelings, a delicate portrait of two boys combining magic and harsh reality  

Sapelo

Sapelo

So She Doesn't Live by Faruk Lončarević

26/01/2021

Faruk Lončarević's harrowing third feature is based on the real-life event of the murder of a young woman in a small Bosnian town  

Tako da ne ostane ziva

Tako da ne ostane ziva

Neighbours by Mano Khalil

26/01/2021

The latest feature film by Kurdish-Swiss director Mano Khalil depicts the absurdity of war through the eyes of a child  

Nachbarn

Nachbarn

Of Fish and Men by Stefanie Klemm

22/01/2021

Stefanie Klemm’s first feature film is a sensitive and poetic portrayal of the torments suffered by two characters struggling to come to terms with a crushing tragedy  

Von Fischen und Menschen

Von Fischen und Menschen

Atlas by Niccolò Castelli

21/01/2021

Niccolò Castelli’s new feature film speaks of the difficulties involved in piecing a deeply traumatised character back together  

Atlas

Atlas

Ladies of the Wood by Claus Drexel

21/01/2021

Claus Drexel signs his name to a sociological, humanist and intimate documentary which lends a voice to the transsexual sex workers of Paris’s Bois de Boulogne  

Au cœur du bois

Au cœur du bois

Alive by Michael Siebert

11/01/2021

This theatre-style drama by German director Michael Siebert follows the final days of two terminally ill lovers  

Lebendig

Lebendig

Life in Common by Diogo Pereira

31/12/2020

Part of the festival's final session in 2020, Diogo Pereira's film sticks to the small scale but fails to make a big impact  

A Vida em Comum

A Vida em Comum

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