It is the story of one Yazidi girl’s fight to find her missing family members, and the revelation of the strength and determination of a young survivor as she reclaims her voice and future. A story is captured in a film that opens on 15 November in the United Kingdom […]
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Keanu Reeves and China Miéville!
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville seem a most unlikely pair – a thought-provoking writer with subversive tendencies and a Hollywood superstar – and it is a shock to the system that they have come together as the joint authors of “The book of elsewhere”. Sean Sheehan Everyone will […]
A portrait of past, present and future South Africa
It is “Milisuthando”, a film that is the byproduct of the personal and political shock that results from learning that your life has been cooked in a soup of propaganda. It will be in UK cinemas from 18 October. Sarah Harvey As part of Snapshot, the year-long touring […]
Ventura Pons: “Everyone has room in the cinema”
The Catalonian director took a gamble on a documentary about the true-life story and difficulties of the life of a famous gay HIV-positive museum curator. (The Prisma memoirs) Virginia Moreno Molina The idea of the documentary “Ignasi M” emerged by chance while Ventura Pons was trying to picture […]
Narrating the extraordinary within the intimate
The documentary “The Echo”, by Mexican-Salvadoran director Tatiana Huezo has hit a number of screens across the UK this summer, with showings continuing until early September. The film follows three young girls from different families who live through the harsh realities of growing up in a village in rural Mexico. […]