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Nation Estate
A nine-minute science fiction film that offers a clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the ‘Middle East conflict’. The film explores a…Published on: -
A Simple Story, Mine, Yours and M’s
Atefeh Yarmohammadi works out her personal history in a palimpsest of historical and contemporary film footage accompanied by a distinctive soundtrack. She was born in…Published on: -
Mille soleils
Portrait of Magaye Niang, who played the lead in the African classic Touki Bouki by Djibil Diop Mambéty in 1973. In A Thousand Suns, Niang…Published on: -
A Hustlers Diary
In his second feature, Ivica Zubak explores the clash of social classes, when petty thief Metin accidentally rolls into the circuit of literary agents and…Published on: -
Bla cinima
The square in front of the Sierra Meatra Cinema is Algeria on a small scale. Old and young, rich and poor all go there. They…Published on: -
Birds (beta)
This short and sweet film by Fukada Koji is a comedy about a confrontation between a wife, her husband and a lover that reaches unexpected…Published on: -
Angelus Novus
Afghani refugee Ali and his brother have just arrived in Turkey where, surrounded by many other refugees, his family tries to build a new life.…Published on: -
Por la libertad
We’ve known there was a link between the documentary maker Laurence Garret and Carlos Reygadas since her creative evocation of Luis Buñuel (En ningún lugar,…Published on: -
Prevenge
“You have no control over your mind and body anymore”, a midwife says as she gently taps Ruth’s heavily pregnant belly. “This one does.” In…Published on: -
Le Park
The camera slowly meanders through an abandoned amusement park in Casablanca’s city centre. The Park portrays the youngsters who have made the site theirs in…Published on: