iman

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Nov 10, 2022 | Festivals, THESSALONIKI 2022 |

A Greek-Cypriot family fall apart against a backdrop of terrorism and racial tension in ‘Iman’, a glossy thriller from writer-director duo Corinna Avraamidou and Kyriacos Tofarides

Bye Bye Turtle

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 20, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A young girl avoiding her home and a woman returning to hers after a long absence form a brief but profound bond in Selin Oksuzoglu sparkling short, Bye Bye Turtle.

Pepe

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 20, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals |

Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias’s fanciful exploration of the inner life of one of Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos, Pepe, is an idiosyncratic affair as piercing and beguiling as it is confounding.

Maria’s Silence

Posted by Deborah Young | Feb 18, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Featured, Festivals |

The true story of Latvian-born German silent film diva Maria Leiko and her fateful journey to Stalin’s USSR in 1937 is retold in Davis Simanis’s ‘Maria’s Silence’ with a tragic depth that is engrossing and emotional.

My Favourite Cake

Posted by Deborah Young | Feb 16, 2024 | Festivals, Spotlight |

A small jewel of an Iranian romantic comedy, ‘My Favourite Cake’ pits an older woman determined to find a measure of happiness against the restrictions of the Islamic regime and the loneliness of aging, while the film’s creators Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha have been banned from traveling to Berlin.

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Iman

Bye Bye Turtle

Pepe

Maria’s Silence

My Favourite Cake