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Audio Interview: Mascha Schilinski & Cinematographer Fabian Gamper – Sound of Falling
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It’s only the second day of Cannes competition when the sophomore feature from a virtually unknown German filmmaker arrives, creating one of those disorienting moments where you pause to take stock of what’s unfolding on screen, even as you’re not...
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2026 Berlinale: Nicolás Pereda, Joko Anwar, Ralitza Petrova, Rithy Panh & James Benning in Forum
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Rithy Panh looks at Cambodia’s lucrative trade in CO2 certificates and losing the forest in docu Nous sommes les fruits de la forêt, Joko Anwar offers a supernatural horror-comedy set in a prison with a catchy play on titles in...
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2026 Berlinale: Teodora Ana Mihai, Ulrike Ottinger, Hong Sangsoo, Gabe Klinger & Jérémy Comte Selected
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Just before they unveil the titles competing for the Golden Bear, we now have a proper overview of some of the other savoury items in the sidebar sections such as the Panorama and Generation Kplus/14plus programmes. Among the highly anticipated...
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Maldoror | Review
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Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion: Du Welz Revisits Bungled Belgian Murder Case “It is grand to contemplate the ruins of cities; but it is grander still to contemplate the ruins of human beings!,’ wrote Comte de Lautreamont, aka Isidore...
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The Ten Golden Globes Narratives That Will Define the 2026 Oscars
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Nomination ballots are being filled out today, and with exactly sixty-two days to go until the Academy Awards, last night’s Golden Globes have already laid down the tracks for what we can begin forecasting well in advance. Here are ten...
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Blerta Basholli’s ‘Dua’ – Everything We Know So Far …
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Kosovar Albanian filmmaker Blerta Basholli began in the docu form before launching into fiction terrain with the tale about rebuilding one’s life with 2021’s Hive – the first film ever to win all three top awards in the World Cinema...
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2026 Berlinale Co-Production Market: Francisca Alegría, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Klaudia Reynicke, Ivan Grbovic & Amanda Nell Eu Invited!
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Francisca Alegría, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Klaudia Reynicke, Ivan Grbovic and Amanda Nell Eu are among the filmmakers who’ll be setting up shop for the upcoming Berlinale Co-Production Market. The project have coin are will be looking for more funds from international...
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More Violence: Michel Franco’s ‘Circles’ Getting Ready for Cannes 2026?
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Screen have put together 75 titles (many of which will be featured in our most anticipated world cinema list coming next month) and we finally have a title (obviously no synopsis) for Michel Franco‘s next oeuvre. It would have been...
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Interview: Albert Birney – Obex (Work in Progress)
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After popular (co-signed with Kentucker Audley) feature film projects of Sylvio (2017) and Strawberry Mansion (2021), for his latest solo effort (away from animation), Albert Birney finds himself in front of the camera alongside small critters in cicadas and a...
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Young Mothers (Jeunes mères) | Review
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Bonjour Tristesse: The Dardenne Bros. Explore Teenage Pregnancy In their latest neo-realist exercise on plights of the disenfranchised, the Dardenne Bros. return to gentler themes with Young Mothers. A coterie of teen mothers living in a shelter find themselves confronted...
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