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Respeto
Here’s a film reminding us that true hiphop is political. In this era of extrajudicial killings under the reign of the current Phillipines president,Published on: -
Island
Steven Eastwood spent a year on the Isle of Wight with a number of terminal patients. Some of these contacts became real friendships. A number evPublished on: -
Lek and the Dogs
Kaleidoscopic portrayal of the emotional universe of a child who sought safety and protection with a pack of street dogs. A fascinating experimental tPublished on: -
Résistance
The eternal quiet of a mountain ridge is but a deception. Melting glaciers constantly change the surface and uncover old traces of human presence.Published on: -
When the Rain Is Falling Down
Engaging narrative about Fon, who daydreams about past and present. Outside the rain never ceases. Her dead father watches over her.Published on: -
A Tiger in Winter
A film with an ideal title for IFFR, naturally. Festival favourite Lee Kwangkuk (Romance Joe) serves up a delicate, tragicomic romantic story about aPublished on: -
L’envol
On the cusp of total abstraction, Bokanowski invokes an imaginary journey. An enticing visual trip that makes any questions about its destination reduPublished on: -
Exile
Surprise: Bertold Brecht and Walter Benjamin have been reincarnated as an Iranian and an African-American and they roam today’s New York. At timPublished on: -
Thirza Cuthand Is an Indian Within the Meaning of the Indian Act
As a light-skinned indigenous woman, Cuthand reiterates that racism and discrimination still happen to her, just in different ways. (V-tape)Published on: -
Absent Wound
Transforming public spaces women are prohibited from entering into a stage, Maryam Tafakory’s poetic film depicts the rituals involved in womenPublished on: