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Women on the Edge
The disaster on 11 March 2011 made a huge impression in Japan. Few filmmakers were capable of coming up with an original response, but Kobayashi…Published on: -
The Sound of Light
The filmmaker is a filmmaker, but the filmmaker is also a farmer. The film is about farmers and their problems pursuing a traditional life in…Published on: -
Splinters – A Century of an Artistic Family
A century of development, starting in the era of Finland’s nascent nationalism, when the country still belonged to Tsarist Russia, ending in the heydaPublished on: -
A Woman’s Revenge
This version of the famous story from Les diaboliques by Barbey d’Aurevilly (1874) features beautiful classical music, costumes and theatrical conventPublished on: -
La jubilada
Appealing film about how ordinary people relate to each other in unusual situations. Fabiola (played by Tony Manero actress Paola Lattus) returns to hPublished on: -
Sentimental Animal
Mysterious, oppressive and occasionally shocking film in stylised black-and-white (shot by a colleague director Zhang Yuedong) about the latter days oPublished on: -
Bleak Night
They’re all boys, but they’re not all nice boys. Derailed rivalry between schoolfriends is a familiar subject, but in his debut, Yoon reveals he has…Published on: -
Valley of Saints
During a violent summer in the beautiful Kashmir Valley, a young boatman tries to escape. But then he finds a new love. It’s a story…Published on: -
Malaventura
One day, a nameless old man in Mexico City feels that he his life will end – and with it his memories. Dignified debut by…Published on: -
Hospitalité
Tokyo is bigger and different from what people often think. Some neighbourhoods are like forgotten villages. One of these is home to a hard-working faPublished on: