The Cost of Growth: Thomas Maddens on European Capitalism, Filmmaking and Hope
Filmmaker Thomas Maddens on extractivism, climate justice, and the hidden costs of Europe’s economic growth.
Berlinale – The Painful yet Necessary Nuances of Homecoming in Geneviève Dulude-de Celles’s Nina Roza
On loss, memory, and the unsettling feeling of becoming a stranger in one’s own homeland
IFFR – Reclaiming Animation: Jenny Barker on Female Pleasures and Feminist Film Practice
A curated programme reclaiming feminist film history through animation
IFFR — Unerasable by Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos Is a Video Essay on Memory and Repression
A film on political exile, fractured memory, and the quiet resistance of refusing to disappear into anonymity.
IFFR – Rhythm as Resistance in Hugo Salvaterra’s Meu Semba
Poetry becomes protest and rhythm becomes resistance in this urgent portrait of Angolan youth.
IFFR — Mariia Lapidus’ The Second Skin on Silence, Trauma, and Shared Responsibility
An exploration on breaking silence without spectacle.
IFFR — Thana Faroq and the Unfinished Work of Return in Imagine Me Like The Country of Love
On memory disturbed by return, and the fragility of belonging.
IFFR — Slowness, Inheritance, and Womanhood in Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling
A film about slowness, inheritance, and the uneasy feeling of being lived rather than living.
IFFR – The Never-Ending Feeling of Unbelonging in Stefan Koutzev’s debut
A film about stillness, displacement, and the uneasy feeling of being lived rather than living.
IFFR — Tragicomic Horror and Moral Decay in Aitore Zholdaskali’s Sicko (Auru)
A visual exploration of moral decay, where grotesque violence and dark humour collide.
IFFR — Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 Turns History Into Urgent Cinema
Palestine 36 refuses historical distance, allowing memory, resistance, and lived reality to coexist within the frame.
IDFA — Below the Clouds: A Timeless Gaze on the Campi Flegrei
A quietly compelling portrait of the Campi Flegrei, where everyday life, history, and the wider world intersect.
IDFA – Cutting Through Rocks Portrays How One Woman Opens the Road for Others
An intimate, steady portrayal of a woman pushing against the boundaries of her world.
IDFA — Steal This Story, Please! Why Independent Journalism Matters More Than Ever
The documentary Steal This Story, Please! highlights Amy Goodman’s decades-long fight for independent journalism and the urgent need to defend press freedom worldwide.
Rio Remains Beautiful: A Conversation with Felipe Casanova
Felipe Casanova’s award-winning short film ‘O Rio de Janeiro Continua Lindo’ unveils the hidden stories behind Rio’s Carnival, blending poetry, politics, and the voices of those often unheard.
A Diary Read Aloud: Desire in Dreams (Sex Love)
A subtle coming-of-age tale that becomes a meditation on desire and the gaze.
A Story About Productivity, Vitality and Creativity: in Conversation with Gabriel Mascaro
Rephrasing ageism: an interview with The Blue Trail (2025) director Gabriel Mascaro.
The Animalistic Tale Within Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love
A brief analysis and review of Lynne Ramsay’s new comedy-thriller Die My Love (2025).
Cato Kusters’ debuutfilm Julian zit dicht op de huid
Filmrecensie door Billie Thiessen over Cato Kusters’ Julian (2025) op Film Fest Gent 2025.
I'm Still Here: Fighting for Memory in Brazil's Dark Past
An exploration of Brazil’s military dictatorship through a family’s struggle with forced disappearances and the fight for memory and justice.