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★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Croatia, festivals, France, Iceland, Netherlands, out now, ReviewsMay 16, 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 2: 15 May 2024: When the Light Breaks (2024) (Ljósbrot)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
When the Light Breaks is a beautiful, poetic study of young people’s grief by Rúnar Rúnarsson.

★★★★, Argentina, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Chile, First-time filmmakers, out now, Reviews, UruguayMay 15, 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024: Wednesday, 15 May: Simon of the Mountain (2024) (Simón de la Montaña)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Simon of the Mountain, the feature debut of Federico Luis, intrigues you with its ambiguity as it follows the life of a disabled young adult.

★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2024, comedy, France, out now, ReviewsMay 15, 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024: Opening Film: Tuesday, 14 May: The Second Act (2024)(Le deuxième acte)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Opening Film: Tuesday, 14 May: The Second Act (2024) (Le Deuxième Acte)

★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, France, Italy, Mubi, Picturehouse, Reviews, Switzerland, TurkeyMay 8, 2024

La Chimera (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher is an enigmatic, dreamlike Italian fable.

★★★★, 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.

Argentina, Belgium, Cannes Film Festival 2019, First-time filmmakers, France, Guatemala, out now, Reviews, UruguayMay 6, 2024

Our Mothers (2019) (Nuestras Madres)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Our Mothers by Cesar Diaz is a very moving story of the long-lasting aftermath of genocide and civil war on survivors’ lives.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, out now, Reviews, romance, SwitzerlandMay 1, 2024

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023) (Shashvi Shashvi Maq’vali)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry directed by Elene Naveriani is an enchanting story of a strong heroine’s middle-aged love and feminism in a small Georgian village.

★★★★, Awards, Cannes Film Festival 2022, France, London Film Festival 2022, Modern Films, out now, Qatar, Syria, UK, Venice Biennale 2022, Women FilmmakersApril 27, 2024

Nezouh (2022)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Nezouh by Soudade Kaadan is a teenage coming-of-age story of finding hope in devastated war-torn Syria.

★★★★, festivals, out now, Picturehouse, Reviews, Sundance London 2024April 23, 2024

Sundance London 2024: 6-9 June: Picturehouse

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Sundance London 2024

★★★, 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.

★★★, Alexa Dalby, Belgium, biopic, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, France, out now, Reviews, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UKApril 15, 2024

Jeanne du Barry (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Jeanne du Barry, which opened the Cannes Film Festival 2023, is co-written, directed and starred in by Maïwenn, also starring Johnny Depp, in a glossy historical French biopic.

★★★, Alexa Dalby, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, First-time filmmakers, France, Mongolia, out now, Qatar, Reviews, Switzerland, Women FilmmakersApril 5, 2024

If Only I Could Hibernate (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
If Only I Could Hibernate written, directed and produced by Zoljargal Purevdash is an involving, behind-the-scenes look at pressing issues in Mongolia, with an ecological message, seen through the life of an endearing teenager.