All articles by Amber Wilkinson
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Reviews‘The Birthday Party’ review: Willem Dafoe heads an international cast in entertaining tale of wealthy excess
Miguel Angel Jiminez’s Mediterranean island-set thriller also stars Joe Cole, Vic Carmen Sonne and Christos Stergioglou
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Reviews‘With Hasan In Gaza’ review: Palestinian filmmaker journeys through rediscovered footage in poignant documentary
Kamal Aljafari brings to Locarno a raw portrait of everyday life in Gaza, 2001, that chimes with current events
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Reviews‘In The Land Of Arto’ review: Camille Cottin and Zar Amir star in thoughtful Armenian drama
Tamara Stepanyan’s feature debut opens Locarno
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Reviews‘I Live Here Now’ review: Julie Pacino’s vividly realised debut plays out in remote California motel
The director’s highly sylised feature blends elements of Argento, Lynch and ‘Alice In Wonderland’
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Reviews‘Horseshoe’ review: Four estranged siblings confront their dead father in crowdpleasing Irish debut
Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe’s well-balanced debut premieres in Galway
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Reviews‘Karla’ review: A young girl seeks justice in delicately calibrated German debut
Rainer Bock stars in Christina Tournatzés’ 1960s-set feature
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Reviews‘Tell Her I Love Her’ review: Romane Bohringer confronts her own past in convoluted hybrid feature
Over-stuffed docu-fiction hybrid is the result of a close collaboration with French politician Clémentine Autain
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Reviews‘Mama’ review: A Polish domestic worker has a difficult return home from Israel
Writer/director Or Sinai’s composed character study is split between two countries, like its central character
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Reviews‘The President’s Cake review’: Quinzaine crowd-pleaser is set in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
A young girl, a scene-stealing cockerel and a culinary challenge fuel Hasan Hadi’s winning 1990s-set story
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Reviews‘Adam’s Sake’ review: Critics Week opens with tense hospital drama from ’Playground’s Laura Wandel
Anamaria Vartolomei and Lea Drucker co-star
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland 2025: Katelyn Rose Downey (actor)
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland 2025: Niamh McCormack (actor)
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland 2025: Jeanne Ní Áinle (actor)
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland 2025: Hannah Mamalis (writer/director/actor)
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland 2025: Nathan Fagan (writer/director)
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Reviews‘Child Of Dust’ review: Doc follows Amerasian as he reunites with GI father
Half a century after the Vietnam War, Sang Ngo Thanh finds his dad - and moves to the US
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Reviews‘Free Leonard Peltier’ review: A 50-year fight for freedom gains momentum
Peltier remains under house arrest as doc wins three awards at Thessaloniki
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Reviews‘The Goals Of August’ review: Doc follows football tournament in a sleepy Greek village
The annual event unites the mountain villages of northern Greece
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Reviews‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ review: Rousing follow-up to Oscar winner ‘My Octopus Teacher’
Pippa Ehrlich focuses on the rehabilitation of one South African Pangolin
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Reviews‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’ review: Minnelli in close-up
Bruce David Klein’s documentary features interviews and a wealth of archive footage