In Sheffield, a city shaped by industrial upheaval and working-class resistance, the 33rd DocFest opens 10-15 June with an unflinching programme. The event gathers 80 features, 24 shorts, talks and podcasts from 2,900 submissions exploring interconnected issues including press freedom, climate crisis, queer narratives and historical memory. In a […]
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Viva Rita in Hollywood!
The Puerto Rican actress broke through in an industry shaped by unequal opportunities for Hispanic-Latin artists. More than half a century after her Academy Award, such recognition remains exceptionally rare. Hollywood. A dream factory, source of aspirations and opportunity for some, but historically a virtual closed shop for others. Sometimes […]
50 years of Argentina on film
Cinema as reckoning 5 decades after the Dirty War. As President Milei takes selfies with Netanyahu, a season of films reflects on the 5 decades that have led Argentina to where it is today. Abla Kandalaft / The Canary The dirty war and its aftermath The Argentine Film […]
50 Years of Argentina on film
The Garden Cinema presents a selection of films from the last five decades that explore how Argentine society has grappled with the aftermath of the military coup of 1976. Abla Kandalaft That year, the country’s armed forces overthrew the democratically elected government and installed a dictatorship as part […]
Stories of immigrant and undocumented women
On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division […]















