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Editor-in-Chief Tomi Haffety celebrates the realist cinema of Ryusuke Hamaguchi in this triptych of stories exploring coincidence and human relationships. There is something so passionate …
Editor-in-Chief Pihla Pekkarinen appreciates quirky cinema in this review of a Norwegian comedy Everybody has their genre. Whether it’s WWI movies (I will never understand …
Bryn Chiappe evaluates a poetic German-Georgian drama. Lisa and Georgi bump into each other on the street. We only see their feet and the bottom …
Anna Ainio reviews the Golden Bear winner, a satirical look at society’s views toward prejudice and publicity. In 2021, one should know what the word …
Bryn Chiappe reviews this unique cinematic look into the international crises of climate change. Marc Bauder’s Who We Were sits somewhere in the grey area …
Editor-in-chief Pihla Pekkarinen criticises this depiction of Guantanamo Bay for its milk-toast condemnation of torture. I must admit, I went into The Mauritanian prejudiced. A …
Luigi Barraza Cárdenas reviews this Competition entry exploring morality and losing one’s self control. Over the last decade, I have developed a (questionable) habit to …
Editor-in-chief Tomi Haffety reviews a Korean debut about friendship and identity. Featured in the Generation KPlus category, debut filmmakers Kwon Min-pro and Seo Hansol are …
Anna Ainio reviews a self-aware film about memory and medium. Before they presented Memory Box at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, I already knew the …
Luigi Barraza Cárdenas considers this heartfelt drama, which screened in the Berlin Special category. In a collective effort from the film industry to cope with …