Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji built his reputation as a sound recording artist for feature films after the US-led invasion of Iraq. He then worked as a cinematographer, screenwriter, and…
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Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen is the latest entry in her series of interlocked, interpersonal films that aim at solving mysteries that lie at the heart of human existence. Her mysteries are often…
I am still a tad bit dazed after watching Houman Seyyedi’s Jang-Jahani Sevom, AKA World War III. Mostly because it excelled at subverting the expectations game that most audiences play. The English…
Anhell69 (2022) is the feature-length autobiographical documentary of Colombian filmmaker Theo Montoya. The story is set in the queer community of Medellin, Colombia. Anhell69 was supposed to be the title of Montoya’s…
Dogborn, directed by Isabella Carbonell, is making its world premiere in Critics Week at this year’s Venice Film Festival. While following a journey of refugee twins in Sweden, it primarily uses a…
Remember this name: Adilkhan Yerzhanov. This Kazakh filmmaker’s brutish and uncompromising new feature film Goliath screens at the Orizzonti extra section at Venice Film Festival. Yerzhanov’s previous film Yellow Cat also screened…