Hinotama: Ball of Fire
The precisely shot family drama Hinotama: Ball of Fire has a hint of the mystical and mysterious as it creates a suffocating milieu of detachment that is strangely compelling.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 12, 2026 | Festivals, Busan 2026 |
The precisely shot family drama Hinotama: Ball of Fire has a hint of the mystical and mysterious as it creates a suffocating milieu of detachment that is strangely compelling.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 11, 2026 | Festivals, Busan 2026 |
A striking mixed-race girl must navigate the harsh realities of womanhood in 1970s Thailand in Bua, a serviceable but ceaselessly grim drama.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 9, 2026 | Festivals, Busan 2026 |
A mother’s world unravels when her only son is charged with a violent crime in the dark, chilly and pointed Kazakh drama The Cord.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 21, 2026 | Festivals, Featured, Oldenburg 2026 |
From the deeply personal to the searingly political, Oldenburg returned for 2026 with an array of creative, challenging, and arresting independent films.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 21, 2026 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2026 |
Zachary Nichols’ ‘Variations on Violence’ took home the top prize at this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival.
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