Brazilian blend of psychosexual thriller, gangster caper, horror and Neo-noir reveals a little-known facet of Rio de Janeiro - from the Best of Festivals section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Desperate young man travels from small-town Turkey to Istanbul in the hope of finding his missing fiancee, in this "dreamy" portrayal of love and deception - in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Desperate mother refuses to accept the fate of her terminally-ill daughter, as a creepy bird becomes a proxy for Death - surreal teen fantasy drama is in cinemas on Friday, August 9th [Read More...]
Off-the-grid family are forced to return to civilisation after the mother tragically passes away - Norwegian documentary shows in the 2nd Mediterrane Fillm Festival [Read More...]
Factory cleaner is "promoted" to spy level in order to rat on his colleagues, in this real-life working class drama from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Transactional human beings and accidental places: Palestinian refugees resort to a life of crime in order to survive and be reunited with their loved ones in Europe - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]
Arab dancers "without borders" get lost in the Moroccan forest, in this ambitious yet clumsy international co-production of four countries - in the Official Competition of the 2nd [Read More...]
The impossible love affair of press and propaganda: three French journalists are invited to interview the leader of the Khmer Rouge, only to find out that their mission isn't feasible at all - in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival [Read More...]
Two best friends get sucked in by their favourite television show, and their minds are shaken up "like a snow globe" - psychedelic teen drama is on VoD on Monday, September 30th [Read More...]
Entirely spoken in Basque, this quiet and sombre political drama peeks into the sad life of a lone separatist living in hiding - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Observational nature offers insight into the life of moths and the human beings researching them, in a film experience oscillating between the hypnotic and the soporific - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Cutting between seven central characters in Syria and Greece, director Brandt Andersen paints a jarring fable about survival, sincerity and family - refugee drama premieres at the 32nd edition of Raindance/ also in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Coralie Fargeat's deliciously bonkers body horror is a grotesque, groovy and hilarious riff on sexism, ageism, and the absurd beauty standards forced upon women - in cinemas on Friday, September 20th [Read More...]
In this spectral piece of slow cinema, two gay men reconcile their dirty and underground job with love - LGBT+ drama infused with positivity premieres at the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]
Curious and unexperienced soldiers traverse the Old West, in this slow American Civil War drama - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
Young woman happily marries three brothers in rural Nepal, before a controversial pregnancy disrupts their fragile harmony - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]
Young man groomed by Isis returns to his Tunisian family of farmers with a mysterious wife; the woman harbours a dark secret under her purple niqab - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]
Extremely bleak and gruesome Austrian drama with a touch of Carl Dreyer and exec produced by Ulrich Seidl dissects an unhappily married woman as she slowly descends into madness - from the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta) [Read More...]
Maria has to juggle seafood harvesting, midwifery and illegal abortions, in this dark and visceral drama set during the 1970s in rural Galicia, Northwestern Spain - Golden Shell winner is in the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta [Read More...]
A deep-sea diving journey in Malta turns into a nightmare for two young sisters as one of them becomes trapped by a landslide - survival thriller is in cinemas on Friday, August 25th [Read More...]
Three very different women fight for their perceived home, in this exquisite allegory of Dutch colonial relations in Indonesia at the turn of the century - from the Official Competition of the 2nd Mediterrane Film Festival (in Malta): [Read More...]
DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the nascent and promising film festival of Malta; he describes his experience, lists the winners and his dirty picks [Read More...]
Live from the Mediterranean Film Festival: DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the Spanish director of The Rye Horn, the dark and visceral sorority tale that won the latest edition of San Sebastian [Read More...]
The 2nd edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival boasts an exciting combination of regional and international cinema, and - with the action taking place in a sultry Malta in late June - the event is guaranteed to get hot in more ways than one! [Read More...]
ArteKino and Festival Scope have a prezzie for you: 10 European films that you can watch from the comfort of your lounge anywhere in the old continent for free; but HURRY UP, you have to do it before December 17th [Read More...]
