Ayse
Drawn from his own family background, Turkish director Necmi Sancak’s prize-winning debut feature ‘Ayse’ is a bleak but powerful portrait of a highly stressed woman caring for her disabled brother,
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Author: Stephen Dalton
The Witness
Made in collaboration with feted dissident director Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar’s ‘The Witness’ is a muted but quietly furious protest drama about murder and misogyny in contemporary Iran,
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A Want in Her
Drawing on her own troubled family background, Irish visual artist and first-time feature director Myrid Carten paints a slightly muddled but emotionally powerful portrait of addiction and depression, shame and blame with ‘A Want in Her’.
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“No Ukraine, no Ukrainian movies”: an interview with film director and military commander Oleh Sentsov
The Ukrainian director of accidental one-shot war documentary ‘Real’ talks to The Film Verdict about war and peace, boycotting Russian propaganda, and Donald Trump’s prospects for ending the conflict.
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Higher Than Acidic Clouds
Iranian director Ali Asgari delivers an elegant response to government censorship with ‘Higher Than Acidic Clouds’, an achingly beautiful essay-film about memory, imagination and Tehran’s toxic skies.
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