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Brothers
A Danish soldier disappears on a peace mission in Afghanistan. An unmentionable, traumatic event causes shockwaves through his whole family. Moving, hPublished on: -
The Abyss
Afgrunden was the first film by Asta Nielsen, who had up until then only acted in theatre. Having grown up with the naturalist style of…Published on: -
Don’s Plum
To his credit, a very off-beat indie vehicle for Di Caprio, who does fine being rather nasty, along with other young Hollywood talents. An arrogant…Published on: -
Take It Like a Man, Madam
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Girl in the Water
A film featuring real fishermen, a real young mother and a story as real as a hallucination.Published on: -
Tributes – Pulse
For his latest celebration of decaying film stock, American filmmaker Bill Morrison collaborated with Simon Christensen. The Danish musician conceivedPublished on: -
Dolls: A Woman from Damascus
By editing together conversations with Syrian housewife Manal and the marketing manager of the Arab Barbie doll Fulla, director Diana El Jeiroudi outlPublished on: -
Play
With merciless precision, Östlund dissects how three kids are robbed of their mobile phones by street toughs. Does it matter that the perpetrators arePublished on: -
Scene Shifts, in Six Movements
Latest work by Finnish artist Jani Ruscica (retrospective at IFFR 2008) alternately describes locations in words, images and music.Published on: -
Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir
Charming documentary shot on Super8 and 16mm, replete with hand-made animations about a cult figure in Icelandic music who, starting when she turned 7Published on: