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At Elske Pia (Loving Pia)

The realisation of one’s own mortality might normally be a depressive topic, as we struggle to grasp that…

By Lindsay Bellinger
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Pokot (Spoor)

We all know hippy women who, after their midlife crisis, become experts in astrology and esotericism. They find…

By Sean Gallen
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One Thousand Ropes

Redemption. How much good must one person do to be absolved from their past? That is the lingering…

By Lindsay Bellinger
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Félicité

The frenzied, raucous opening scenes of Félicité set the scene for what is about to unfold. While her…

By Oliver Johnston
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Hostages

Provocative and compelling, Hostages is a historical drama retelling the 1983 hijacking of a Georgian plane while en route from…

By The editorial unit
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Pieles (Skins)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and Eduardo Casanova's Pieles ponders the question: if she has no eyes, her…

By Sean Gallen
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The Bomb

It would be a gross understatement to describe The Bomb as merely a documentary about, well, the bomb.…

By Zoe Tamara
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Tiger Girl

Hell hath no fury like an angry teenage girl. Jakob Lass's Tiger Girl proves it by unleashing to…

By Sean Gallen
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Centaur

Is it a bit much for a man to believe that he and his fellow residents of Kyrgyzstan…

By Oliver Johnston