Review: Anbessa (2019)
Anbessa is a story about Asaif, a boy who lives with his mother in a mud house amidst the growing block of houses in the expanding suburb of Addis Ababa.
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Review: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)
A Las Vegas bar with the nostalgic name “Roaring 20s” is about to close its doors permanently, and the owner is throwing a closing party for her regulars.
Review: Running on Empty (2020)
Running on Empty is an intelligent and non-judgmental observational documentary, swiftly edited by Roland Stöttinger to a (figuratively speaking) circular narrative.
Review: Saudi Runaway (2020)
Susanne Regina Meures’ Saudi Runway opens with thoughts expressed by a young Saudi woman Muna who’s asking herself if Allah really wanted women to live like second-degree humans who should have no opinion.
Review: Days of Cannibalism (2020)
As a school kid in a socialist country, I was told that “America and England will become proletarian one day”, with workers in western countries rising to take control over their workplaces and lives. From today’s perspective, I am less surprised that such a thing never happened than about what has become of former, or […]
Review: Always Amber (2020)
The Swedish filmmakers Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikaien are filmmakers who after a couple of short films have joined forces to shoot their debut feature documentary Always Amber about a queer, non-binary seventeen-year-old called Amber
Review: Sodom & Gomorrah (2019)
of the most memorable titles from the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival’s international competition is a one-man experimental documentary Sodom & Gomorrah
Film Review: Route 3 (2019), by Thanasis Neofotistos
Route 3 , the sixth short film by the Greek director, writer & architect Thanasis Neofotistos was in the official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, and after a long festival travel, it reached…
Film Review: I am Going Out For Cigarettes (2018), by Osman Cerfon
I am Going Out for Cigarettes by the French director Osman Cerfon boosts with originality, and it’s a film that has justifyingly been showered with awards since its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in 2018
