Festival reviews – Page 166
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'The Disappearance Of My Mother': CPH:DOX Review
A deeply intimate profile of Italian model Benedetta Barzini by her son, Beniamino Barrese
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'On The Inside Of A Military Dictatorship': CPH:DOX Review
An intriguing look at Myanmar’s rocky road from military rule to attempted democracy
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'The Rest': CPH:DOX Review
Ai Weiwei follows up Human Flow with a deeper exploration of the modern refugee crisis
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'Vanishing Days': Hong Kong Review
A 14-year-old girl grapples with her family history during one humid summer
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'Bodies At Rest': Hong Kong Review
Renny Harlin’s Hong Kong-set genre piece opens the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival
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'A Dog Barking At The Moon': Hong Kong Review
A pregnant woman finds herself caught between her unhappy mother and homosexual father
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'The Lady Improper': Hong Kong Review
A sexually repressed divorcee has her passion ignited by a free-spirited chef
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‘G Affairs’: Hong Kong Review
The lives of several Hong Kong residents are linked via a mysterious severed head
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'Harry Birrell Presents Films Of Love And War': Glasgow Review
Archive footage from amateur filmmaker Harry Birrell makes for an intriguing documentary
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'Land Without God': Dublin Review
Heartbreaking personal documentary about abuses by the Irish state and the Catholic Church
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'Automata': Glasgow FrightFest Review
A historian and his stepdaughter investigate a mysterious 18th century mechanical doll
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'She's Missing': Dublin Review
When her best friend goes missing, a New Mexico waitress embarks on a dangerous desert mission to find her
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'Dark Lies The Island': Dublin Review
A small, strange Irish town is the setting for this adaptation of Kevin Barry’s short story collections
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'Jose': Dublin Review
An impoverished gay man dreams of a life away from the slums of Guatemala City
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'Gaza': Dublin Review
Poignant and powerful documentary about day-to-day life in the war-torn city of Gaza
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'And Your Bird Can Sing': Berlin Review
Three drifting Japanese youngsters become embroiled in a love triangle
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'What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael': Berlin Review
Documentary about the career and influence of seminal film critic Pauline Kael
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'O Beautiful Night': Berlin Review
After meeting Death, a young German man embarks on a bizarre after-dark adventure
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'From Tomorrow On, I Will': Berlin Review
A directorial debut set in Beijing follows a lonely night watchman on his rounds
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'Marighella': Berlin Review
A kinetic call to arms from Brazilian first-time director Wagner Moura, with Seu Jorge in the lead