By YeYe Xu Watch Everything but Oom-Pa-Pa on FilmDoo In this award-winning documentary, Kerstin Polte and Dagmar Jäger capture both the solidarity and individuality of the women who form the largest female concert band in the world. Diverse […]
Female Directors
By Jessica Duncanson Shubbak Festival interview Bloody Beans is an experimental take on the Algerian War, which sees the conflict played out by a group of vibrant children. Incorporating unique lighting and sound, the film is […]
By David Pountain Tragedy and grief take mesmeric form in Courtney Faye Powell’s richly beguiling short, The Surf Report. When a young black surfer named K goes mysteriously missing, his lover Freddie seeks answers from […]
By David Pountain In 2002’s Do I Love You? and 2007’s Tick Tock Lullaby, writer-actress-director-artist Lisa Gornick delved humorously into the philosophical and psychological questions that stir up change and doubt in many a relationship. […]
By David Pountain With the feature film industry of Laos still in its early stages of revival after decades of inaction, it could be argued that every new release is a noteworthy development in the […]
By David Pountain Director: Anna Kazejak Watch The Word on FilmDoo With a script that’s disquietingly permeated with the depersonalising effects of technology-based communication, the moody and immersive Polish teen drama The Word is a darkly compelling neo-noir […]