Review: Vadim on a Walk (2021)
We meet our titular protagonist while he's sitting in a transparent square space, picking up the courage to step out…
Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit Into His Suit (2021)
In his Berlinale Shorts contender Motorcyclist's Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit, Gabriel Herrera paints a nonconformist picture of the…
Review: A Cop Movie (2021)
The play with different styles and formats of footage shot by the newcomer Emiliano Villanueva are coded in a clever,…
Review: Glittering Barbieblood (2021)
We are supposed to "paint-by-numbers" according to Ulu Braun, but how that's another thing.
Review: One Hundred Steps (2021)
Bob Quinn’s work 'Atlantean' is the starting point of Bárbara Wagner’s and Benjamin de Burca’s eighth joined short film 'One…
Reflections 15: “This is my story, this is my song, praise in my saviour…”
I am as interested in the work as I am in its affect: Allah is not making films for casual…
Review: A Love Song in Spanish (2021)
The family of the filmmaker Ana Elena Tejera lived in close relations to the dictatorship in Panama in the 80s,…
Review: Lost on Arrival (2020)
Jan's dream was to return to Curacao upon retirement, a place that stole his heart long time ago, where he…
Review: Rehearsal (2021)
Inspired by the theatricality of church sermons, Michael Omonua explores them from a performative angle, comparing them to theatre plays…
Berlinale Review: For Lucio (2021)
Regarding the beautifully composed and masterfully edited archival footage, the stand-out is a prolonged silent movie from the iconic Mille…