Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 2: 15 May 2024: When the Light Breaks (2024) (Ljósbrot)
★★★★☆
When the Light Breaks is a beautiful, poetic study of young people’s grief by Rúnar Rúnarsson.
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Cannes Film Festival 2024: Wednesday, 15 May: Simon of the Mountain (2024) (Simón de la Montaña)
★★★★☆
Simon of the Mountain, the feature debut of Federico Luis, intrigues you with its ambiguity as it follows the life of a disabled young adult.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Opening Film: Tuesday, 14 May: The Second Act (2024)(Le deuxième acte)
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Opening Film: Tuesday, 14 May: The Second Act (2024) (Le Deuxième Acte)
Elaha (2024)
★★★★☆
Elaha, directed by Milena Aboyan, is a powerful contemporary story about the conflict between tradition and modernity in the life of a young girl from an immigrant family in Germany.
BFI Flare 2024: 13-24 March 2024
★★★★☆
BFI Flare 2024: 13-24 March 2024
Berlinale 2024: Reas (2024)
★★★★☆
Reas is an extraordinary documentary and musical by Lola Arias set in a women’s prison in Argentina, unlike anything you have seen before.
Berlinale 2024: My Summer with Irène (2024) (Quell’estate con Irène)
★★★★☆
My Summer with Irène, directed by Carlo Sironi, is a beautiful summer elegy by the sea for two girls together.
Berlinale 2024: My New Friends (2024) (Les gens d’à côté)
★★★★☆
My New Friends written and directed by André Téchiné is an absorbing debate on a contemporary issue starring the wonderful Isabelle Huppert.
IFFR 2024: Natatorium (2024)
★★★☆☆
Natatorium is a female-centred, atmospheric thriller debut in a World Premiere at the IFFR for Iceland’s Helena Stefánsdóttir.