Overview of articles
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Visionary Iraq
Inventive artists going where angels fear to tread – the Iraq war, face-painted incest – could things get any more wrong?Published on: -
Welcome Back
Lukhanyo travels home to bring his eccentric father to the city, where he can be cared for. But he discovers that everything is against him.Published on: -
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1993) moves the setting to New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but hPublished on: -
Safari Obscura
A trance-inducing kaleidoscopic journey through myriad secret African landscapes of every kind, informed by an all-embracing animism.Published on: -
Underexposed
Hubert can get a job in the countryside. What looked simple, at first sight, turns out to be very complex.Published on: -
Wolfs Froth / Amongst Other Things
Anti-film by artist Abbott makes us realise how obvious we think it is that images communicate, and how exceptional it is when they don’t.Published on: -
Samson & Delilah
Painting clothes, throwing stones at kangaroos, sniffing glue: that’s all life has in store for Samson and Delilah. When the two aboriginal teenagersPublished on: -
Jade
Silver Bear winner at Berlin is a subtle and sober drama about a teenage girl in a difficult situation. Her discomfort is almost tangible.Screened befPublished on: -
God No Say So
During the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002), thousands of people had one or both of their hands chopped off. In this documentary, Konetzky talksPublished on: -
Unreal Forest
A Thai film maker asked an African film maker to make a short drama film. The process was documented and included in the film. A…Published on: