Review: Industries of Freedom (2020)
Industries of freedom shows the paradox of commercial entertainment, with the promise of happiness choreographed into tiniest detail.
Marina D. Richter
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Review: Iranian Daddy (2021)
One of the central topics of Iranian daddy is the question of identity. Although raised and born in Denmark to a Danish mother, Karlsson was often confronted about her “origins” due to her looks
Mothers and Others (2020)
Despite of burgeoning love for the unborn, pregnancy is a long, hormonal, nerve-wrecking time that puts women in a bottomless pit of existential questions.
Review: If You See Her, Say Hello (2020)
After their first joint project In The Blanks (2015), a short documentary shot in “empty London” in which images were set to the sound of a couple conversing about different topics, the directorial duo Hee Young Pyun & Oscar Jiajun Zhang is back with a film that explores another urban space with an unique eye.
Review: The City of The Sun (2020)
The phenomena of Vissarion, the self-proclaimed Christ and “The Giver of Life” is one of the most fascinating stories in the modern history of religious cults
Review: 27 Steps (2020)
Schramm uses images and voices instead of the physical presence of people to highlight the void her father’s departure had left her, and her mother with.
Review: Les Enfants Terribles (2021)
Generational conflict stands in focus of the wonderfully accomplished debut feature length documentary ‘Les Enfants Terribles’ directed by the Turkish-born, Paris-based filmmaker Ahmet Necdet Cupur
Review: Zinder (2021)
Unemployment, poverty and lack of education are the common denominators of Zinder’s Kala Kala district. Getting away from it is more of a concept than the possibility, as no one living there has the means of escaping.
Review: The Bubble (2021)
Austrian documentarian Valerie Blankenbyl eschews taking sides, and although her take on the topic can ocasionally be read as a statement, she approaches the inhabitants of ‘The Villages’ with respectful curiosity.
