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46 articles available in total starting from 20/08/2019. Last article published on 17/02/2026.

Rafael Manuel • Director of Filipiñana

Interview: Rafael Manuel • Director of Filipiñana

“When you look at what’s happening in the world today, so much has to do with inaction - a lack of political action, a lack of personal action”

BERLINALE 2026: The Filipino director speaks about his first feature… and the parallels between a golf club and the power dynamics in our society  

17/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

TikTok’s #FilmTok takes centre stage at the EFM

TikTok’s #FilmTok takes centre stage at the EFM

BERLINALE 2026: With distribution models in flux, the event looked at TikTok’s growing role in turning participatory fandom into ticket sales and streaming subscriptions  

15/02 | Berlinale 2026 | EFM

Edwin   • Director of Sleep No More

Interview: Edwin • Director of Sleep No More

“Revealing things bit by bit works better – take Jaws, for example”

BERLINALE 2026: The Indonesian director talks about the horror and the comedy of his riotous film set in a wig factory  

14/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Berlinale Special

Review: Sleep No More

Review: Sleep No More

BERLINALE 2026: In his hair-raising chiller, Indonesian director Edwin delivers the weird and the violent – and the surprisingly touching  

14/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Berlinale Special

Wregas Bhanuteja • Director of Levitating

Interview: Wregas Bhanuteja • Director of Levitating

“Unfortunately, people can become so obsessed with their own standards of happiness that they end up oppressing others who live differently”

The Indonesian director discussed his personal approach to spirituality, fictionalising trance rituals and future projects  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Filipiñana

Review: Filipiñana

Expanded from a 2020 short into a 100-minute feature, Rafael Manuel’s debut is an exercise in visual control, but its slow-burn ambitions collapse under their own weight  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Levitating

Review: Levitating

Wregas Bhanuteja’s film is an unconventional Indonesian tale that mixes trance rituals and personal growth, unevenly paced yet refreshingly distinctive in tone and vision  

29/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Indonesian filmmaker Edwin’s Sleep No More to bow in Berlinale Special

Indonesian filmmaker Edwin’s Sleep No More to bow in Berlinale Special

The horror fantasy film, set within the claustrophobic confines of a wig factory in East Jakarta, follows two sisters grappling with the violent death of their mother  

16/01 | Production | Funding | Indonesia/Singapore/Japan/Germany/France

Review: H Is for Hawk

Review: H Is for Hawk

Philippa Lowthorpe’s Cambridge-set film, based on Helen Macdonald’s autobiography, features a character navigating a devastating loss and finding solace in a goshawk  

17/10/2025 | London 2025

Review: Amoeba

Review: Amoeba

Siyou Tan’s perceptive debut feature finds four Singaporean high-schoolers battling against social conformity by forming a girl gang  

15/09/2025 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

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