Oldenburg Film Festival - The Film Verdict

Mi Bestia

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 11, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |

Religious rumours combine with a blood moon eclipse and a girl’s journey to womanhood in Mi Bestia, a beguiling coming-of-ager with fantasy elements from Camila Beltran.

Electra

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 11, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |

Secrets and lies combine with an air of surrealism in Electra, Hala Matar’s fresh and funny riff on Greek myth, Hitchcock and Highsmith, all dripping with Italian style.

Skin

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 10, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A young woman confronts her true self in the mirror in this beautifully shot and symbolic evocation of an individual’s transition from female to male in Leo Behrens’ Skin.

Oldenburg 2023: The Awards

Posted by TFV Staff | Sep 17, 2023 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2023 |

Turkey’s chilling political thriller ‘In the Blind Spot’ grabs the Best Film prize at Oldenburg.

Frames of Alicia

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 15, 2023 | Oldenburg 2023, Festivals |

A troubled young Swedish woman finds Copenhagen to be a town without pity in Danish director Adam Benjamin Mikkelsen’s slight, disjointed but emotionally powerful debut ‘Frames of Alicia’.

Tag: Oldenburg Film Festival

Mi Bestia

Electra

Skin

Oldenburg 2023: The Awards

Frames of Alicia