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Sarajevo Film Festival 2022: The Verdict

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 20, 2022 | Festivals, Sarajevo, SARAJEVO 2022, The Festival Verdict |

The Balkan region’s prime cinematic gathering bounced back from pandemic shutdown with a strong film program, starry guests and plenty of party attitude.

You Will Not Have My Hate

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 20, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022 |

Director Kilian Riedhof’s deluxe weepie ‘You Will Not Have My Hate’ is based on a best-selling memoir about a Parisian family dealing with the aftermath of terrorist violence.

The Eclipse

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 18, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Sarajevo, SARAJEVO 2022 |

The past is a foreign country full of shadowy horrors in ‘The Eclipse’, Serbian director Nataša Urban’s prize-winning documentary about unreliable memory and collective amnesia.

Six Weeks

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 17, 2022 | Festivals, Sarajevo, SARAJEVO 2022 |

A rebellious teenage mother gives her newborn baby daughter up for adoption in Noemi Veronika Szakonyi’s emotionally raw, elegantly shot drama ‘Six Weeks’.

Riders

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 16, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Sarajevo, SARAJEVO 2022 |

Two unlikely Balkan bikers and a Slavic Pixie Dream Girl share an eventful road trip in ‘Riders’, director Dominik Mencej’s slight but sweet semi-homage to ‘Easy Rider’.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Sarajevo Film Festival 2022: The Verdict

You Will Not Have My Hate

The Eclipse

Six Weeks

Riders