SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO COME OUT TO THE SAME PERSON, OVER AND OVER… This is a documentary on Eman Abdelhadi, a queer Muslim woman born in Palestine and living in New York, who was raised as a free spirit by her mother. Eman likes to drive on empty highways, she needs space for processing … Continue reading
ACTING IS LYING, AND EVERYONE ACTS IN THEIR DAILY LIFE… Marcos Marcos is a low-budget film director who lives in Barcelona who is despised because of his films. He is immersed in the shooting of his new project, a queer reinterpretation of the Italian Gaillo and metacinema, and although he has a cooperative team, … Continue reading
This Canadian relationship drama by director Chloé Robichaud follows the emotional journey of Emma (Sophie Desmarais) from the first scene: on a sunny day she jumps to rest on a floater at the pond, closes her eyes for a while and when she opens them again realizes she is far from the shore and … Continue reading
Polish landscape and rural life are beautifully shot in this fictional drama that portrays families living rooted in tradition and discomfort, no doubt the effects of the last strong Soviet influence on Poland still project its shadow in the lives of the older ones in the small village. We are introduced to young Bartek … Continue reading
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FROM OAXACA TO FINLANDIA… The movie opens with the image of a boy listening to a conch shell that reminded me of the portrait of Edouard Boubat and also Nina Ricci´s Farouche perfume from 1973. After the boy´s poetic image we see a sequence of tragedies … Continue reading