Review: Rehearsal (2021)
Inspired by the theatricality of church sermons, Michael Omonua explores them from a performative angle, comparing them to theatre plays that need to be regularly rehearsed.
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Berlinale review: From The Wild Sea (2021)
In her debut feature length documentary which has just had its world premiere in the Generation 14plus competition of Berlinale, Robin Petré explores the relationship between nature and animals, looking at it from animal’s perspective.
Review: Your Street (2020)
‘Your Street’ is a reminder of the segregation both in life and death
Review: The Day is Done (2021)
For those acquainted with Zhang Dalei’s work, the faces seen in “Day is Done” will not only look familiar, but the connection to his debut “The Summer is Gone” will be immediately established.
Review: The Men Who Wait (2021)
Truong Minh Quy’s Berlinale Shorts contender The Men Who Wait is a film about men seeking sexual contact on a slag heap that once belonged to a coal mine.
Berlinale review: Jesus Egon Christ (2021)
Drug addiction is not the topic of the film which shows curiosity to discover what’s hiding behind the mask of substance abuse.
IFFR review: Tracing Utopia 1 (2021)
Inspired by Chris Marker’s 2084 , Catarina de Sousa & Nick Tyson used the props – the artefacts of the cinematographic history (cameras, projectors, film roles…) to construct their version of a time-capsule in the Union Docs auditorium.
IFFR review: Sunsets, Everyday (2020)
The cinematographer Mani Boss makes sure we notice the difference between the stability of the picture showing a world of male tranquility and the trembling world of fear that victims of abuse live in
IFFR review: 80 000 years (2021)
Christelle Lheureux uses split screen to put the segments of Céline’s days in a constantly running dialogue.
