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Medea
A journey from the ancient to the modern, with pop-cultural icon JD Samson where according to the film, ‘knowing means emptiness and the unthinkable oPublished on: -
Malaria and Mosquitoes
A Thai river along the border with Myanmar. A man was killed in his boat two years ago. Two women keep the boat as proof.…Published on: -
Fantail
Blonde Tania is a Maori – she thinks. She works nights at a petrol station so she can search for her father, along with her…Published on: -
Riocorrente
A film like a pressure cooker. The São Paulo metropolis seems like it’s about to explode in this energetic and urgent fiction debut. Everything is…Published on: -
Tunnel Vision
The train slides out of the station and we’re plunged into a nocturnal ballet of converging parallel rails, shimmering lights and endless tunnels.Published on: -
Even Pricks
A slick Tourettes tic, an ‘I Like’ smog of Hotel California and handclaps, shimmering with the glossy seductive joy of CGI but refusing the hard…Published on: -
Immortal, Suspended
A video essay on levitation, UFOs and ancient Asian dreams. One long shot filmed at a Smithsonian Museum of Art warehouse.Published on: -
Bring Me the Head of Henri Chrétien!
There’s no sentiment as bold as the one in a duel shot in cinemascope, no emotional drop as high as the one in a vertical…Published on: -
Not at Home
In Kabul, tensions within a family keep on increasing as tradition and reality clash. In Germany, an Afghan girl waits in a desolate refugee centre.…Published on: -
It Has Already Been Ended Before You Can See the End
The experience of time and ‘the end’ gain a new dimension in this, by far the most mysterious film at the festival. A time vacuum…Published on: