Festival reviews – Page 23
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Reviews‘100 Seasons’: Transilvania Review
Auto-fiction by former Swedish ballet dancer Giovanni Bucchieri is honest and heartfelt
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Reviews‘Between Revolutions’: Transilvania Review
Vlad Petri’s hybrid documentary about the realities of revolution takes Best Romanian Feature at Transilvania
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Reviews‘Like A Fish On The Moon’: Transilvania Review
A young boy’s refusal to speak turns family life on its head in this Transilvania-winning drama from Iran
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Reviews‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’: Annecy Review
A teenage girl discovers she is a sea beast in this likeable Dreamworks animation
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Reviews‘The Gullspång Miracle’: Sheffield Review
Twisting Swedish documentary about a quirky family and their ever-evolving history
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Reviews‘Your Fat Friend’: Sheffield Review
Blogger-turned-author Aubrey Gordon fights against fat shaming in Jeanie Finlay’s latest documentary
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Reviews‘Nimona’: Annecy Review
Riz Ahmed and Chloë Grace Moretz lend their voices to Netflix’s retro-futurist animation
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Reviews‘Tish’: Sheffield Review
Sheffield Doc/Fest opens with a portrait of the late British working class photographer Tish Murtha
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Reviews‘In The Rearview’: Sheffield Review
Aid worker/filmmaker Maciek Hamela gives a voice to ordinary Ukranians as they flee war
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Reviews‘The Lesson’: Review
Richard E. Grant relishes his role as an domineering novelist in Alice Troughton’s twisty debut
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Reviews‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’: Annecy Review
Animated adaptation of Michael Morpugo’s story about a young British boy and an elderly Japanese man who connect on an isolated island
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Reviews‘Chicken For Linda!’: Annecy Review
A grieving mother and daughter go on a hunt through a strike-paralysed Paris in this charming animation
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Reviews‘Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Air Streams’: Annecy Review
Two sisters find a portal to a surreal fantasy world in this distinctive, yet clearly Miyazaki-inspired Annecy opener
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Reviews‘Mars Express’: Annecy Review
Crisp Mars-set animation ponders timely questions circulating around AI
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ReviewsCannes 2023: the stand-out short films
Screen mentee and Unifrance Critics Lab participant Khushi Jain explores the highlights of this year’s short films at Cannes
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Reviews‘Elemental’: Cannes Review
Pixar brings Cannes to a close with its immigrant-themed animation
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Reviews‘Anita’: Cannes Review
The life and times of notorious rock chick Anita Pallenberg, as executive produced by her son, Marlon Richards
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Reviews‘L’Abbé Pierre - A Century Of Devotion’: Cannes Review
Benjamin Lavernhe takes the title role in this epic sweep through the social problems of modern France
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Reviews‘Cobweb’: Cannes Review
Kim Jee-woon’s Cannes entry is an entertainingly affectionate ode to film-makers and film-making
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Reviews‘In Our Day’: Cannes Review
Hong Sangsoo closes out Director’s Fortnight with this slender conversation piece