By Sarah Jilani Directed by Doris Dörrie Berlinale review It’s been five years since the inhabitants of the Japanese town of Fukushima and its surrounds suffered a triple catastrophe. Europe looked on, shocked and unnerved in […]
Author: Sarah Jilani
By Sarah Jilani The Academy has pledged to tackle a lack of diversity in its nominations and members – but has it missed the boat that independent world cinema never did? A quick look at […]
Dir: Geetu Mohandas Having premiered at Sundance Film festival this January, actress-writer-director Geetu Mohandas’ first film Liar’s Dice is – like the lead character – intelligent, quiet, and moving. Starting off in the mountainous Indian region […]
By Sarah Jilani FilmDoo assembles a list of best international female filmmakers to prove a woman can make a successful director in the world – no matter the odds. Check out the profiles of these […]
By Sarah Jilani Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan The Palme d’Or winner at Cannes this year comes from the heavyweight Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who just missed out on the accolade a number of […]
By Sarah Jilani It has always been a firm favourite of the filmmaker to bring pre-existing material like novels, plays and short stories to life on the big screen. Literature undoubtedly feeds into cinema, but […]