Cinema in Spanish. Really?
TFV is proud to give Cinema in Spanish some well-deserved attention.
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How Relevant Are the Film Trades?
A trade magazine is only relevant when a film community values its content and when it provides a bridge for filmmakers to reach the wider film industry of acquisition executives and festivals.
Born to Review: TFV Swims Against the Current
International films are emerging from a bleak winter of disregard, thanks to the power of professional reviews.
Al-Takdir at the Kickoff
Al-Takdir, a new bilingual film platform spotlighting the cinema of the Middle East, is about to bow at Cannes.
Una Femmina – The Code of Silence
A young woman learns her family is linked to the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate and other horrors in an authentically harrowing drama shot in Calabria.
Millie Lies Low
Millie foolishly lies low but the film should stand tall given how well it captures the excruciatingly relatable tribulations of a young New Zealand woman who digs herself into a very deep hole while attempting to preserve other peoples’ expectations.
One Year, One Night
Spanish director Isaki Lacuesta’s powerful eyewitness drama ‘One Year, One Night’ chronicles the shattering aftershocks of the 2015 Bataclan theatre attack on one young Parisian couple.
Peter Von Kant
French director François Ozon pays artfully twisted homage to Fassbinder’s torrid queer classic ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant’ in this stylish glam-rock remake.
A House Made of Splinters
A powerful documentary chronicle of children left abandoned by the conflict in Ukraine won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Gentle
A female bodybuilder tries her hand as an escort in order to pay for her steroids and supplements in this beautifully calibrated, exceptionally well-played feature that digs deep inside its characters, forcing audiences to upend initial conceptions while weaving a memorable, lingering spell.
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Finnish filmmaker Teemu Nikki’s story about disability moves you for a long list of complicated reasons.