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IFFR 2022 / Big Screen Competition

9 articles available in total starting from 26/01/2022. Last article published on 10/02/2022.

Review: Third Grade

Review: Third Grade

Jacques Doillon’s feature film is an intimate and sensitive social drama exploring the theme of childhood  

10/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Splendid Isolation

Review: Splendid Isolation

Urszula Antoniak’s sixth feature is an emotional chamber thriller developing against the backdrop of vast, empty landscapes and a heavenly musical score  

03/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

Interview: Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

"I wanted my daughter to get her own Rocky"

Inspired by The Karate Kid, the French director presents a strong woman who fights for her rights and her daughter  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Urszula Antoniak • Director of Splendid Isolation

Interview: Urszula Antoniak • Director of Splendid Isolation

"Death is someone who is taking your breath away. It is almost like falling in love"

Art imitates life in the Polish-Dutch filmmaker's latest feature, in which she turned to the ongoing pandemic for inspiration  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Kung Fu Zohra

Review: Kung Fu Zohra

Mabrouk El Mechri places domestic violence in a Karate Kid setting, with Sabrina Ouazani playing the role of an abused wife trying to break free using martial arts  

01/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: The Island

Review: The Island

Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, political, symbolic and poetic animated work. A contemporary and timeless visual whirlwind  

28/01/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Broadway

Review: Broadway

A thriller blending romance and social realism, Christos Massalas’ hybrid first feature film follows a small community of pickpockets living in Athens  

27/01/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and I

Interview: Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and I

“People today are treated like commodities on the market”

Following his second feature, Sediments, the Spanish filmmaker continues to explore the conflicts of trans identity in his new film  

27/01/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: My Emptiness and I

Review: My Emptiness and I

Adrián Silvestre returns to fiction by portraying the misadventures of Raphäelle Perez, a French trans girl who has spent years searching for her identity and a well-rounded life… But haven’t we all?  

26/01/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

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