EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Pablo de la Chica's short documentary Mama (2020)
'Mama' is a film about the mutual healing process of the chimpanzee babies and their carer, all of them marked by deep ...
Reflections 10
I know it is a form of erasure, to make something that is not in any way about you, about you. But ...
Reflections 9
While encouraging for the industry and overwhelmingly good as far as concerns the contemporary spate of news, it also makes me wonder ...
The New African Cinema at the Ca Foscari Short Film Festival
The three curated films offer female-centric views of the world and are full of imagination and ultimately love.
Reflections 8
This week, a so-called debate took place on the world stage. It has been described as “an old man arguing with a ...
Reflections 7
How I am deciding what to watch is, potentially, the most troubling aspect, though, and gives testament to what cinemas are best ...
Reflections 6: What does it mean to contribute to film criticism?
Yesterday, eight artistic directors of hefty European film festivals attended the opening night of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Press releases ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Anna Samo's animation Conversations With A Whale
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8Interviews
Interview: Monica Mazzitelli, the director of “The Wedding Cake” (2020)
With her latest short “The Wedding Cake”, Monica Mazzitelli won the international short film competition at the RVK feminist Film Festival, which kicked off in January this year.
Interview: Eydís Eir Brynju-Björnsdóttir, the director of Islandia (2018)
Eydís Eir Brynju-Björnsdóttir studied directing and script writing at the Icelandic Film School, and has gathered experience in the film production. With her debut short film Islandia, a very personal take on her own traumatic experience, she steered controversy in her home country by openly addressing the sensitive topic of rape…
Documentaries
Review: Cause of Death (2020)
The topic of violence against women is hardly new, but Jyoti Mistry manages to find a fresh angle to it with the short documentary ‘Cause of Death’.
Shorts
Review: Cause of Death (2020)
The topic of violence against women is hardly new, but Jyoti Mistry manages to find a fresh angle to it with the short documentary ‘Cause of Death’.
Experimental Films
Review: Bos (2020)
Geypens plays with one-dimensional understanding of the universe and our perception of what is above and what below the ground. Connection between human beings and the nature is put to the test.
Review: You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)
As with wrestling itself, it feels besides the point to wonder about how real and how staged the documentary itself is.
Review: Black Sheep Boy (2019)
The extremely simple style Molle opted for suits the film really well, so its elaborate, somewhat bizarre narrative and complex questions it poses could shine.
Review: Faceless (2020)
No matter how the political mainstream in Croatia wants to control the narrative about the country’s first and war-time president Franjo Tuđman as the “father of the nation”, he remains the controversial figure that, like a skeleton, jumps out of the closet around the elections time.
Open Calls
Open Call for Circle 2020
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator announces the call for an exclusive one-year training program.
