Tag: Kurdwin Ayub
2024 Locarno Film Festival: Saulė Bliuvaitė Wins Pardo d’Oro for Toxic (Akiplėša)
The 2024 film festival summer closed out with the prizing at the Locarno Film Festival and it's the debut feature of a Lithuanian filmmaker...
Moon | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review
Bitter Moon: Ayub Concocts a Taut Domestic Thriller
“It takes time for a bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its...
2024 Locarno Film Festival: Ramon Zürcher, Kurdwin Ayub, Hong Sangsoo & Pia Marais in Pardo d’Oro Comp
Former Pardo d’Oro champs Hong Sangsoo (Right Now, Wrong Then - 2015) and Wang Bing (Mrs. Fang - 2017) will be measuring up against...
2024 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Un Certain Regard (Part 2)
Yesterday we tossed filmmaker names like Ala Eddine Slim, Alexandre Koberidze, Marco Dutra and the tandem of Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza into the...
The Sonne and then the “Moon”: Kurdwin Ayub Begins Production on Sophomore Narrative Feature
Iraq-born Austrian filmmaker Kurdwin Ayub has just begun work on Mond (the translation of the word Moon). She is re-teaming with Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion...
35th European Film Awards: A Cannes Comp rematch for Ali Abbasi, Lukas Dhont & Ruben Ôstlund
Three huge winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival lead the noms for the 35th European Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close, Ali Abbasi’s Holy...
Sonne | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
The Sun Also Scheisse: Ayub Explores Identity Politics in Modern European Diaspora
For her directorial debut, Sonne, director Kurdwin Ayub draws on her background as...