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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Black Blood

    Not everything is progress in China. Less and less rain means that the inhabitants of Inner Mongolia have to do everything to survive. For instance,…
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  • Soul of Sand

    A very Indian film in very Indian surroundings, yet not a very Indian film. A guard keeps watch strictly but pointlessly at a deserted mine.…
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  • Lucía

    A beautifully made portrait of the seamstress Lucia, who lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, that offers an unexpected glimpse of…
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  • Las marimbas del infierno

    A melancholy marimba player, a long-haired doctor who sings heavy metal and a wannabe rapper form the unlikely musical group that dreams of success. Stylised…
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  • Lake August

    To forget the death of his father and a broken relationship, a young man roams through a far corner of China. He comes to a…
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  • In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire

    A poetic title, almost a film description, that demands some close reading. Just like the film, which – as a visual poem – doesn’t immediately…
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  • Finisterrae

    A film with a logic, beauty and humour all of its own. Two ghosts – recognisable by their white robes with holes for the eyes…
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  • Dress Rehearsal for Utopia

    The filmmaker, whose personal essay/experimental travel journal Color Runaway Dog was screened at IFFR last year, once again links autobiographic dram
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  • In Search of a City (in the Papers of Sein)

    Idler Sein’s perambulations become a layered declaration of love to the city of Cairo. Shot before, but edited after the Egyptian revolution.
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  • Liberation in 26 Pictures

    An old man observes certain acts of domestic violence across the street – and decides to get back in action, the partisan way. Das ist…
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