verdict piece: 18 publications

Victor Fraga - 12-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the 5th edition of a nascent festival that quickly acquired a world-famous reputation; find out the winners, our dirty picks, and more [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 22-11-2025

Paul Risker looks back at the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; he describes films filled with technical riches and an emphasis on imprisonment and entrapment [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 22-11-2025

Eoghan Lyng dissects the International Documentary Competition at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, revealing his personal favourites as well as the strand's big winners [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2025

As the latest edition of Northern Europe's most exciting film festival draws to a close, we share the winners, our exclusive coverage of the event's seven competitive strands, and much more [Read More...]

Anton Bitel - 22-11-2025

Anton Bitel delivers his verdict on the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black NIghts Film Festival, including the award winners and his personal favourites [Read More...]

Joshua Polanski - 22-11-2025

Joshua Polanski delivers his verdict of the Baltic Competition, at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; the remembers the hidden gems and reveals his dirty favourites [Read More...]

Victoria Luxford - 22-11-2025

Our PÖFF first-timer Victoria Luxford runs her eye over this year’s Critics’ Picks category, and all the emotions that came with it.   [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-09-2025

These are the winners, our dirty favourites and the loudest turkeys at the 73rd San Sebastian International Film Festivals, which our editor Victor Fraga describes as the strongest edition of the event has ever attended [Read More...]

Anton Bitel - 14-09-2025

Horror specialist Anton Bitel attended the 19th edition of MOTELX, in Lisbon, one of the most diverse and exciting niche festivals in Europe (now with a focus on Portuguese and women filmmakers) [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-08-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended one of the largest film festivals of the Balkans and Eastern Europe for the first time; just as he unearthed multiple dirty gems, he explains why this visit was close to his heart in more ways than one [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-07-2025

Victor Fraga attends one of the busiest, most diverse and exciting film festivals in the world; he reveals the winners and also his dirty favourites, while also remembering what is it that makes the event so special [Read More...]

Lida Bach - 23-06-2025

Lida Bach attended the 24th edition of the biggest film festival of Romania; she reveals the prizes, the special honours, and some highlights from the event's vast and colourful programme [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2025

Our editor attended the 78th edition of the Festival de Cannes; he discusses the winners, the losers and his dirty picks (our team reviewed all the Official Competition and Un Certain Regard titles, and much more) [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 26-05-2025

After catching all the films in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes and more, Eoghan Lyng reveals this thoughts of the winners, and those who left empty-handed alike [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 13-05-2025

Our verdict of IndieLisboa 2025: wee attended Portugal's favourite independent film festival for the first time, and we unearthed the dirty gems in loco exclusively for you; this is what we found [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-02-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga attended the latest edition of the world' largest film festival, he discusses the selection, the winners and whether the Festival has done enough in order to ensure free speech (after the censorious attacks of last year) [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-12-2024

Check out the winners, the trends, and our dirty thoughts on one of the most exciting film events of the Arab world, and a festival that we have followed since its inception [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2024

Victor Fraga attends one of the most exciting and prestigious film festivals in the world for the fourth consecutive year; he encountered an arena of conflicting emotions, four profound terminal disease films, Pamela Anderson, and much more [Read More...]