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★★★★, Berlin Film Festival 2025, coming of age, Female Filmmakers, first feature, Germany, Italy, out now, ReviewsFebruary 18, 2025

Berlinale: Paternal Leave (2025)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Paternal Leave is charming and heartbreaking at the same time. It’s the debut feature written and directed by Alissa Jung.

Berlin Film Festival 2025, documentary, Drama, Germany, out now, ReviewsFebruary 3, 2025

Berlin Film Festival 2025: 13-23 February: Line-up

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆

Berlin Film Festival 2025

★★★★, biopic, Chile, Germany, Italy, out now, Reviews, USA, Venice Biennale 2024January 10, 2025

Maria (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Maria, an emotional biopic, directed by Pablo Larrain, starring an incredible performance by Angelina Jolie as the iconic Maria Callas.

Austria, Germany, Picturehouse, Reviews, Switzerland, Venice Biennale 2023December 11, 2024

The Universal Theory (2023) (Die Theorie von Allem)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
The Universal Theory directed by Timm Kröger is a stunning homage to all those black-and-white film-noir mysteries of the 1940s with a dreamlike sci-fi twist.

★★★, Germany, out now, Reviews, TIFF 2024September 9, 2024

TORONTO 2024: Seven Days (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Seven Days, directed by Ali Samadi Ahai and written by Mohammed Rasoulof is a poignant film that explores the human tensions between political resistance and personal sacrifice.

★★★★, Austria, Germany, Iran, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024September 5, 2024

Venice 2024: The Witness (2024) (Shahed)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Witness, directed by Nader Saeivar and co-written with Jafar Panahi, uses women and dance to tell the story of contemporary Iran.

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, out now, Reviews, Sweden, Venice Biennale 2024August 29, 2024

VENICE 2024: Quiet Life (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Quiet Life, directed by Alexander Avranas, shows how the stress of being a Russian refugee in Sweden can result in resignation syndrome (a ‘shutting down’).

★★★★★, France, Germany, out now, Picturehouse, Reviews, TurkeyJuly 24, 2024

About Dry Grasses (2023) (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★★
About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan is another masterpiece from the Turkish auteur.

★★★, festivals, Germany, Netherlands, Palestine, Peccadillo, Qatar, UKMay 30, 2024

A House in Jerusalem (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Palestinian filmmakers Muyad and Rami Alayan prick and prod Israel’s conscience about dispossession in A House in Jerusalem.

★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, First-time filmmakers, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, oscars, out now, Qatar, Reviews, Singapore, TaiwanMay 7, 2024

Tiger Stripes (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Tiger Stripes is a compelling coming-of-age body horror, the first feature by Amanda Nell Eu.

★★★, Berlin Film Festival 2024, Female Filmmakers, Germany, out now, Reviews, Women FilmmakersApril 22, 2024

Elaha (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Elaha, directed by Milena Aboyan, is a powerful contemporary story about the conflict between tradition and modernity in the life of a young girl from an immigrant family in Germany.

★★★, Belgium, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Black filmmakers, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Democratic Republic of Congo, First-time filmmakers, France, Germany, Netherlands, oscars, out now, Reviews, South AfricaApril 22, 2024

Omen (2023) (Augure)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Omen is multidisciplinary artist Baloji’s magical realist award-winning first feature.

★★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, documentary, Female Filmmakers, France, Germany, Modern Films, oscars, out now, Reviews, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Women FilmmakersMarch 8, 2024

Four Daughters (2023) (Les Filles d’Olfa)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★★
Four Daughters is a powerful and emotionally compelling mixture of documentary and drama directed by Kaouther Ben Hania that examines the roots of fundamentalism and how women pass on self-imposed repression through the generations.