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39 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2024. Last article published on 13/11/2024.

Review: Crocodile Tears

Review: Crocodile Tears

Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon’s first feature is an inventive and peculiar take on the love of a suffocating mother, which reveals itself as an undiagnosed form of madness  

11/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Guillaume Senez • Director of A Missing Part

Interview: Guillaume Senez • Director of A Missing Part

"I wanted to move towards something more lyrical, to find greater depth"

The Belgian director is back with a new film, which sees him continuing to explore his favourite theme – parenthood – while relocating his work to Japan  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

The Agbajowo Collective signs a meaningful, grassroots-orientated debut film informed by the ongoing evictions of informal settlements in Africa’s largest city  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: A Missing Part

Review: A Missing Part

Guillaume Senez takes Romain Duris to Japan, telling a fine and well-put-together story about parenthood where a father allows himself a final reprieve and in which emotion swells like a wave  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

Interview: Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

“I’m a big believer in the process of liberation, and I truly believe that nobody’s free until everybody’s free”

VENICE 2024: The Palestinian director breaks down his methods of writing and shooting as well as interrogating concepts like morality and the normalisation of oppression  

05/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Happy Holidays

Review: Happy Holidays

VENICE 2024: Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti makes effective use of an ensemble cast in this portrait of contemporary family life in Israel, replete with its many intricacies  

04/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Milad Tangshir • Director of Anywhere Anytime

Interview: Milad Tangshir • Director of Anywhere Anytime

“I wouldn’t just remake a timeless masterpiece – I’m not crazy”

VENICE 2024: The director explains how a regular bicycle can, for some people, mean the difference between survival or simply not making it  

03/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Luis Ortega • Director of Kill the Jockey

Interview: Luis Ortega • Director of Kill the Jockey

“When you take yourself too seriously, you fuck it all up”

VENICE 2024: In the Argentinian director’s film, life is dark, and that’s funny – as long as you don’t take it personally  

02/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Anywhere Anytime

Review: Anywhere Anytime

VENICE 2024: Milad Tangshir, in his first fiction feature, was more than inspired by Bicycle Thieves for the odyssey of an African rider in Turin  

02/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Kill the Jockey

Review: Kill the Jockey

VENICE 2024: After an intriguing set-up introducing its quirky lead character, Luis Ortega’s film loses its way owing to confusing writing and clunky character development  

30/08 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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