Sean Gallen

Seán is a half Irish, half Martiniquais writer and filmmaker. He studied Film and English Literature at the University of Glasgow before moving to Berlin in 2014. He doesn't enjoy long walks on the beach because he hates finding sand in his shoes four weeks later.

• 

  Read More
  Film festivals

  The State of Texas vs. Melissa

  ★★★★★

  Death row is home to the prisone...

  Sean Gallen 12th May 2020
• 

  Read More
  Film festivals

  499

  ★★★★★

  How long does it take for the scars of colonisation to heal? Can the...

  Sean Gallen 2nd May 2020
• 

  Read More
  Movie review

  The World Is Yours

  ★★★★★

  Farès (Karim Leklou) is a pudgy ne’er-do-well who’s not cut out ...

  Sean Gallen 1st May 2019
• 

  Read More
  Movie review

  The Young Karl Marx (Le Jeune Karl Marx)

  ★★★★★

  After the holy texts, no other book has shaped t...

  Sean Gallen 1st May 2018
• 

  Read More
  Berlinale

  Touch Me Not, Adina Pintilie interview: “We refuse the documentary label with all our force. It’s a hybrid of fiction and reality.”

  Touch Me Not, the Golden Bear winner of this ye...

  Sean Gallen 24th February 2018
• 

  Read More
  Berlinale

  Songwriter: An interview with director Murray Cummings

  Ed Sheeran has released three number one records,...

  Sean Gallen 24th February 2018
• 

  Read More
  Berlinale

  Ága press conference with director Milko Lazarov, actors Feodosia Ivanova and Galina Tikhonova and producer Guillaume de Seille

  Ága tells the story of elderly, indigenous couple Sedna (Feodosia Ivanov...

  Sean Gallen 24th February 2018
• 

  Read More
  Berlinale

  Ága

  ★★★★★

  In 1922, audiences were unaware of the creative potential cinema hel...

  Sean Gallen 24th February 2018
• 

  Read More
  Berlinale

  Madeline’s Madeline: An interview with director Josephine Decker

  Madeline’s Madeline tel...

  Sean Gallen 24th February 2018
• 

  Read More
  Berlinale

  Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid)

  ★★★★★

  As one of the most seminal figures ...

  Sean Gallen 24th February 2018