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Turkish cinephilia in the time of Covid-19: quarantined but not forgotten
The coronavirus has privatised even the hardiest of Istanbul’s film-going community, and shuttered the two cinemas that served the city’s film festival. But analogue life will return, says Kaya Genç.
Friday 24 April 2020 -
Three lessons from Fantasporto 2020
The eclectic genre festival in Porto may have grown up since its raucous bone-chucking early years, but it still provides highly inventive programming in its new, more refined, form, reports Anton Bitel.
Monday 23 March 2020 -
GFF20 vs. COVID-19: four takeaways from Glasgow Film Festival 2020
This year’s Glasgow Film Festival achieved record attendances even as the coronavirus outbreak was beginning to affect international travel, if not public engagement. But there were other dangers for the unwary, as well as confirmed discoveries, on screen, reports Josh Slater-Williams.
Sunday 15 March 2020 -
Fifty years of feminist cinema at the Berlinale: still waiting for a revolution
This year’s Berlin Film Festival offered an opportunity to reflect upon a half-century of highlighting women’s voices in cinema, of solidarity and slow progress, writes Ela Bittencourt.
Tuesday 10 March 2020 -
Nine discoveries from the 2020 Berlinale
First word on some of the striking debuts and other strong finds in the notoriously wide-ranging Berlin Film Festival.
Wednesday 4 March 2020 -
From the Magazine
Berlinale 2020 report: a slow turn, with bumps
The winner dialled in from house arrest and some of the bigger names were missing in action, but the 70th Berlinale pulled together enough finds and fresh ideas to seem open to the future, found Jessica Kiang.
Wednesday 4 March 2020 -
‘Liquid criticism’: in Uppsala, a fresh look at video essays
Catherine Grant’s presentation of a programme of ‘short films on film’ on the big screen gave a format more usually seen online a new, revelatory dimension, writes Tara Judah.
Tuesday 10 December 2019 -
Vanishing directors: five of the best films at IDFA 2019
When should a documentary filmmaker be visible in their film, and when should they stand back from their subject matter? The best films at Amsterdam’s nonfiction festival found different answers to that question, writes Simran Hans.
Tuesday 10 December 2019 -
To Baltic Russians with love: Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival looks East
Estonia’s Russian-speaking eastern regions have long felt marginalised. KinoFF, a new offshoot of the renowned Black Nights Film Festival, aimed to bridge that divide, writes Anton Bitel.
Wednesday 4 December 2019 -
From the Magazine
Portrait of some ladies on fire: the inaugural Women Under the Influence Goes IdyllWILD festival
Now the home of a film festival run by and for women, California’s Idyllwild is no longer just a town with a golden retriever for its mayor, reports Leonie Cooper.
Monday 18 November 2019
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