★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, Denmark, first feature, out now, Reviews, San Sebastián 2024, Women Filmmakers

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2024: My Eternal Summer (2024) (Min Evige Sommer)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
My Eternal Summer Sylvia Le Fanu is the heartfelt, bittersweet story of a teenager and her family’s emotions during a last summer together.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, France, out now, Reviews

The Goldman Case (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Goldman Case directed by Cédric Kahn grippingly reconstructs the 1976 trial of voluble and charismatic leftist Pierre Goldman and tackles antisemitism and history.

★★★★, coming of age, Female Filmmakers, first feature, India, Modern Films, out now, Reviews, Sundance

Girls Will Be Girls (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Girls Will Be Girls, writer/director Shuchi Talati’s first feature, is a well-observed dramatisation of the misogyny that affects the lives of girls and women.

★★★, Canada, Female Filmmakers, first feature, out now, Peccadillo, Reviews, Toronto

The Queen of my Dreams (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
The Queen of my Dreams, Fawzia Mirza’s first feature, links two time lines and two continents with a mother and daughter’s shared love for Bollywood.

★★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, BFI Player, Female Filmmakers, First-time filmmakers, On Demand, out now, Reviews, UK

BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024: 9–20 October 2024

By Alexa Dalby

span style=”color:#D1A316″>★★★★☆
BFI London Film Festival 2024

★★★, Belgium, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024

Venice 2024: Maldoror (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Maldoror directed by Fabrice du Welz is a dark thriller based on a horrific real-life case.