All articles by Wendy Ide, Senior international critic – Page 19
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Reviews‘Cairo Conspiracy' (aka 'Boy From Heaven’): Cannes Review
A ’Name of the Rose’ style murder mystery transposed to Cairo has the potential to travel further
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Reviews‘Enys Men’: Cannes Review
Mark Jenkin’s Cannes debut is an offbeat Cornish folk horror more concerned with atmosphere than story
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Reviews‘Love According To Dalva’: Cannes Review
Newcomers Zelda Samson and Fanta Guirassi excel in this solid if uncomfortable dramatic first feature
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Reviews‘Corsage’: Cannes Review
Vicky Krieps is a ’chain-smoking self-absorbed uber-bitch’ in her performance of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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Reviews‘Harka’: Cannes Review
Adam Bessa excels as a Tunisian street seller amidst the Arab Spring upheaval in this heartfelt dramatic debut
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Reviews‘The Eight Mountains’: Cannes Review
A rich, gentle story about a lasting friendship with conventional arthouse appeal shares the Jury Prize at Cannes
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Reviews‘Jeong-sun’: Jeonju Review
Jeonju’s Korean competition prize winner is an intimate and understated exploration of cyberbullying and shame
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Reviews‘Geographies Of Solitude’: Jeonju Review
Jeonju prize-winner is a beguiling and poetic film set on an isolated strip of land in Canada’s far reaches
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Reviews‘A Human Position’: Jeonju Review
A soulful, pensive character drama about a young Norwegian journalist coming to terms with trauma
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Reviews‘Raydio’: Jeonju Review
A subdued Taiwanese drama about an estranged father and son searching for a connection
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Reviews‘Chaylla’: Visions du Reel Review
An extraordinary, intimate first feature about one woman’s struggle to free herself from domestic abuse
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Reviews‘The Eclipse’: CPH:DOX Review
Natasa Urban’s timely portrait of the Serbian national psyche takes the top prize at CPH:DOX
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Reviews‘Outside’: CPH:DOX Review
Olha Zhurba’s timely debut doc follows a young boy who goes from poster child for the Ukrainian Maiden Uprising to a homeless adult
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Reviews‘Black Mambas’: CPH:DOX Review
Lena Karbe’s exploration of South Africa’s Black Mamba anti-poaching unit reveals colonial structures still in place
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Reviews‘The Chocolate War’: CPH:DOX Review
Miki Mistrati’s third documentary on the ethical failures of the chocolate industry focuses on child trafficking to the Ivory Coast
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Reviews‘Fashion Babylon’: CPH:DOX Review
Gianluca Matarrese’s doc offers an extravagant but unforgiving front row view of the insular world of fashion
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Reviews‘This Stolen Country Of Mine’: CPH:DOX Review
Award-winning documentarian Marc Wiese returns to CPH:DOX with an urgent doc on the battle between corrupt politicians and eco-warriors in Ecuador
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Reviews‘Tramps!’: Flare Review
Kevin Hegge’s feature length documentary debut about Britain’s New Romantics captures the spirit of the moment for a new generation
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Reviews‘The Fall’: CPH:DOX Review
An intimate coming-of-age documentary about an eleven-year-old reclaiming her body after a sleepwalking injury
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Reviews‘Hide And Seek’: CPH:DOX Review
Victoria Fiore’s debut feature about a boy on the edge of delinquency captures the wild nature of his childhood in Naples