A Window on Asian Cinema
Ballad of a White CowWhen her husband is executed, the widow pleads that her husband was unjustly killed. The court eventually admits that her husband was mistakenly sentenced to death but indifferentl...
World Cinema
Fabian – Going to the DogsDominik Graf’s three-hour love story is based on the novel of the same name by the poet and novelist Erich Kastner. Although the story set in Dresden, Germany, 1931, the film has a...
World Cinema
Bad Luck Banging or Loony PornRadu Jude is one of the most prominent figures in Romanian cinema, and the latest addition to his esteemed filmography is Bad Luck Banging and Loony Porn, winner of the 2021...
World Cinema
The Girl and the SpiderWith The Girl and the Spider, the Zurcher brothers have chosen to build on themes and elements from their previous works. Characters go back and forth between narrow rooms. ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The ExamKurdish director Shawkat Amin Korki won the New Currents Award at BIFF with his film Kick Off (2009). His latest work The Exam, which comes after a long hiatus since ...
World Cinema
Brigitte Bardot ForeverTeenager Adam lives with his mother in Poland, and longs for his father who’s gone missing following World War II. When the secret police arrive and torment his mother, he flees in...
New Currents
The Absent Director1917 (2019) is the first to come to mind when discussing films that were completed without cuts. To amplify the realness of war, the entire movie is in one shot?it was filme...
World Cinema
The FamilyOn an isolated farm in what appears to be the 1800's, a family is ruled by their tyrannical father who preaches fire and brimstone, and their devout mother who demands obedience...
World Cinema
HiveLike thousands of women in Kosovo, Fahrije is struggling to provide for her father-in-law and children since her husband has gone missing in the war. She obtains a driver's lice...
A Window on Asian Cinema
White BuildingThe White Building was once an icon of the successful urbanization and modernization of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. As it decays, its residents are leaving one by one. The...