Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Emotional vulnerability is granted as much space as reverence in ‘Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing’, Erik Shirai’s absorbing, handsomely packaged doc window onto a declining Japanese tradition.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Oct 25, 2026 | Festivals, DOK Leipzig 2026, Leipzig, Leipzig 2026 |
Emotional vulnerability is granted as much space as reverence in ‘Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing’, Erik Shirai’s absorbing, handsomely packaged doc window onto a declining Japanese tradition.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Oct 25, 2026 | Featured, Festivals, Leipzig 2026 |
Stark, unblinking and quietly profound, ‘Closure’ by Polish documentarian Michal Marczak charts the existential journey of a father trapped in a search for his vanished son.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Sep 8, 2026 | Festivals, 2026, VENICE 2026 |
Proving their rambunctious, winning formula is a snug fit for dark times, Sophie Fiennes and philosopher comrade Slavoj Zizek plumb how our world got to where it is, through iconic movies.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Sep 6, 2026 | 2026, Festivals, VENICE 2026 |
Sergei Loznitsa’s Imperium is a mesmeric, sprawling, sparely unadorned journey through the disparate corners of an imagined state monolith that never really existed.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Aug 21, 2026 | 2026, Featured, Festivals, Sarajevo 2026 |
Sandra Wollner’s Everytime won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at Sarajevo Film Festival’s star-studded and politically engaged 32nd edition.
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