Festival reviews – Page 137
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‘The 8th’: Galway Review
Triumphant doc shows how Irish abortion campaign proved the power of the people
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‘Victim(s)’: Udine Review
First-time director Layla Zhuqing Ji shoots her impressive tale of Chinese high-school bullying in Malaysia
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‘Saint Frances’: Review
After some Covid turbulence, Kelly O’Sullivan’s endearing feature will finally show on the big screen
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‘Ashfall’: Udine Review
A rock-solid Korean blockbuster boasting volcanic action sequences opens the Udine Far East Film Festival
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‘Love Affair(s)’: Cannes 2020 Label Review
Emmanuel Mouret delivers his take on the ‘Unapolagetic French Art Film’
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‘Il Mio Corpo’: ACID Review
A hardscrabble life in Sicily is illuminated by Michele Pennetta’s heartfelt doc
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‘Paradise’: Cannes Market Review
In Tahiti, two cousins represent the past and the future of an island at the crossroads
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‘The Death of Cinema and My Father Too’: Cannes 2020 Label Review
Self-reflexive debut from Israel boasts an ambitiously labyrinthine structure
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‘Coalesce’: ACID 2020 Review
Modern Cambodia under the lens in a perceptive debut from Jesse Miceli
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‘Sweat’: Cannes Label 2020 Review
Smartly focused story about the life and lack of soul of a social influencer
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‘Slalom’: Cannes 2020 Label Review
Jérémie Renier and Ava’s Noée Abita star in this provocative drama set in an elite ski school
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‘Farewell Amor’: Cannes Market Review
Ekwa Msangi’s impressive debut tells the story of three immigrants who haltingly attempt to rebuild a family and a home in Brooklyn
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‘Influence’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A portrait of the late PR mogul turned spin doctor and international ‘reputation manager’ Lord Tim Bell
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‘Your Mother’s Comfort’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
In Rio De Janeiro, a fiery trans rights activist and sex worker tries to hold the government to account
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‘Universe’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
Jazz doc tells the story of a missing jazz opus written for Miles Davis and eventually played by his mentee, Wallace Roney
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