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★★, Reviews, UKOctober 6, 2024

PORTRAITS of Dangerous Women (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★☆☆☆
Portraits of Dangerous Women describes itself as a British comedy drama.

★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, Denmark, first feature, out now, Reviews, San Sebastián 2024, Women FilmmakersSeptember 23, 2024

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, ReviewsSeptember 20, 2024

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, SundanceSeptember 16, 2024

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, TorontoSeptember 13, 2024

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, UKSeptember 11, 2024

BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024: 9–20 October 2024

By Alexa Dalby

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BFI London Film Festival 2024

★★★, Belgium, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024September 11, 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.

★★★★, Belgium, first feature, out now, Reviews, sci-fi, TIFF 2024, UkraineSeptember 11, 2024

Toronto 2024: U Are The Universe (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
U Are The Universe is Ukrainian writer and director Pavlo Ostrikov’s gem of an amazing first feature.

★★★, Canada, France, out now, TIFF 2024September 11, 2024

Toronto 2024: Shepherds (2024) (Bergers)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Shepherds (Bergers) directed by Sophie Deraspe is a lyrical drama based on Mathyas Lefebure’s book about rejecting his previous life and learning to be a shepherd in Provence.

★★★, Female Filmmakers, festivals, first feature, out now, Reviews, Spain, TIFF 2024September 11, 2024

TORONTO 2024: The Party’s Over (2024) (Se acabó la fiesta)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Toronto: The Party’s Over directed by Elena Manrique is a black comedy that shows the underbelly of immigration.

★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, First-time filmmakers, out now, Reviews, UKSeptember 9, 2024

In Camera (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
In Camera, written and directed by Naqqash Khalid, is a debut satirical drama full of pain about the racism experienced by second-generation Asians in Britain.

★★★, Germany, out now, Reviews, TIFF 2024September 9, 2024

TORONTO 2024: Seven Days (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Seven Days, directed by Ali Samadi Ahai and written by Mohammed Rasoulof is a poignant film that explores the human tensions between political resistance and personal sacrifice.

★★★★, France, Italy, out now, Qatar, Reviews, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Venice Biennale 2024September 8, 2024

VENICE 2024: Aïcha (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Aïcha, directed by Mehdi Barsaoui, is a thrilling study of a young woman’s life amid endemic corruption in Tunisia, as she tries to find a new life and new identity.