Politicizing Camp: Abrantes & Schmidt Post a Win with Imaginative Soccer Satire
After a decade decade working in the short experimental form, festival faves Gabriel Abrantes...
Let’s Be Friends: Kahiu Dares to Question Kenyan Conservatism
Social conventions always require such power and resistance that brave individuals must engage in a continuous...
NY & Leather pants – Timoner Delivers by-the-numbers Biopic of Iconoclastic
With her seventh feature film, Ondi Timoner offers an effervescent biopic of iconic queer photographer. From the...
Based on a true story, Soledad is a well-observed, passionate feature debut from Agustina Macri (who is incidentally the oldest daughter of Mauricio, the...
Raise the Red Lanterns: Mayfair Falls Short on Accessing Modernity in Ancient Times
A new voice in Vietnamese cinema, Ash Mayfair's female-centric coming-of-age feature debut The...
Show Me The Money: Karrento Investigates the Hidden Side of Online Gambling
While the Nordic way of life is famous and possibly admired worldwide, some...
Out of the Void: Chloe Embarks on Nuanced, Complex Search for Human Warmth
In Christina Choe’s first feature, Andrea Riseborough gives a subtle performance as...
Scrubbing up: Labôt Debuts with Nuanced, Powerful Greek Drama of a Woman at Work
Her Job, Greek director Nikos Labôt's first feature roots its setting...
Of Children and Criminals: Magnússon Blends Family & Estonian History into Nordic Crime Drama
An artist and documentary filmmaker for more than two decades, Ari...
A Lonely Flower Dress: Bergman Delivers Raw, Touching Romani Emancipation Drama
Marta Bergman’s feature debut depicts the struggle of Pamela (Alina Șerban), a young Romani...
Biblical Activism: Romanian Directors on a Crusade Against Corruption
Gabi Virginia Șarga and Cătălin Rotaru's debut feature can be easily seen as part of the...
Dissected Symphony: Minaev Deconstructs Soviet Propaganda with a dose of Humanism
Finding the one and the only cause of a big historical event, especially when...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.