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Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, out now, Reviews, Sweden, Venice Biennale 2024August 29, 2024

VENICE 2024: Quiet Life (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Quiet Life, directed by Alexander Avranas, shows how the stress of being a Russian refugee in Sweden can result in resignation syndrome (a ‘shutting down’).

★★★, comedy, France, Japan, out now, Venice Biennale 2024August 29, 2024

VENICE 2024: Super happy forever (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Super Happy Forever by Kohei Igarashi is a star-studded Japanese love story in reverse.

★★★, Awards, Cannes Film Festival 2024, China, out now, ReviewsAugust 26, 2024

Black Dog (2024) (Gou Zhen)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Black Dog is ‘Sixth Generation’ director Hu Guan’s hit film, a huge allegory about rapid change in modern China.

★★★, out now, Reviews, Saudi Arabia, thrillerAugust 26, 2024

Mandoob (Night Courier) (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Mehdoob (Night Courier) directed by Ali Kalthami is a sophisticated thriller about a hapless delivery driver caught in societal change in Saudi Arabia.

★★★, festivals, out now, Reviews, TIFF 2024August 24, 2024

Toronto Film Festival 2024 (49th): 6–15 September 2024

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
TIFF 6-15 September 2024

★★★, biopic, Ireland, music, out now, Reviews, Sundance, Sundance London 2024, UKAugust 19, 2024

Kneecap (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Kneecap, written and directed by Rich Peppiat, is the comic, fictionalised story of the rise to fame of the Irish-language rap trio Kneecap – played by themselves.

★★★★★, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024August 15, 2024

Venice Film Festival 2024: 28 August – 7 September: Line Up

By Alexa Dalby

Calendario delle proiezioni per il pubblico della 81. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica Venice film festival is the oldest film event in the world The…

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, China, festivals, out now, Picturehouse, ReviewsAugust 12, 2024

Only the River Flows (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Only the River Flows is a scintillating Chinese neo-noir, the third film directed by Wei Shujun.

★★★, Belgium, festivals, Locarno Film Festival 2024, out now, ReviewsAugust 11, 2024

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2024: Mexico 86 (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Mexico 86 by César Diaz is the tension-fraught story of a mother’s love versus her idealism, against the background of the World Cup.

★★★★, festivals, Locarno Film Festival 2024, out now, ReviewsJuly 27, 2024

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2024: 7-17 AUGUST 2024

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆

Locarno Film Festival 2024

★★★★★, France, Germany, out now, Picturehouse, Reviews, TurkeyJuly 24, 2024

About Dry Grasses (2023) (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★★
About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan is another masterpiece from the Turkish auteur.

★★★, Berlin Film Festival 2022, coming of age, debut director, Drama, London Film Festival 2022, Reviews, Turkey, TurkeyJuly 21, 2024

BFI LFF 2021: Brother’s Keeper (2021) (Okul tirasi)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆

Brother’s Keeper: Ferit Karaha’s tragic tale of boarding school brutality to Kurdish boys in snowy eastern Turkey.

★★★★, Australia, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Drama, Female Filmmakers, out now, Reviews, SundanceJuly 18, 2024

Shayda (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Shayda, the heartfelt first feature directed by Noora Niasari, is a compelling story of an Iranian woman fleeing domestic abuse to seek cultural freedom.