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The Novice

The Novice is to rowing what Whiplash is to drumming, a comparison that’s especially apt given that first-time…

By Andrew Murray
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Medea

The Greek myth of Medea ends in tragedy, and this bold, bullish adaptation from Alexander Zeldovich positions itself…

By Joseph Owen
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Valentina

A 17-year-old trans girl struggles to live a normal life in the hard-hitting social realist drama, Valentina. Directed…

By Emma-Jane Betts
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Kiss Me Before It Blows Up

Shy German botanist Maria (Luise Wolfram) moves in with her fun-loving girlfriend, Shira (Moran Rosenblatt), in her Tel…

By Andrew Murray
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Tove

The Finnish artist and illustrator Tove Jansson first began writing the Moomins books in the 1940s, the stories…

By Guy Lambert
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Well Rounded

A group of queer women take to the screen to discuss their lived experiences of fatphobia and the…

By Emma-Jane Betts
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Dramarama

Jonathan Wysocki’s Dramarama follows five high school pals and drama fanatics on a murder-mystery themed sleepover in suburban…

By Emma Kiely
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Rūrangi

A five-part web series presented as a feature-length film, Max Currie’s Rūrangi centres around trans-activist Caz (Elz Carrad)…

By Andrew Murray
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Rebel Dykes

They were young, they were punks, and above all else, they were women who had to fight to…

By Emma-Jane Betts