2020s

Ukraine, one year before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Fun-loving Kira is 17 and is a budding actor, something she has no trouble proving before her bedroom mirror to the strains of “Venus” by Bananarama. In an era known in Ukrainian as “Perebudova” or “remodelling”, colourful nylon stockings are all the rage, her parents’ generation is celebrating with caviar on toast and raising crystal glasses amidst not-quite-conformist paintings, and artistic types are wondering where they can get their hands on cheap dollars. Meanwhile, Kira retreats to the kitchen to investigate a plastic bag of flotsam from the West containing chewing gum, a glittery jumper and a can of Pepsi. Her life is about to take off, but her family and the country she lives in are beginning to fall apart.Read More »

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After 13 years, Tsitsi (31) initiates a reunion of his former classmates with a seemingly harmless cause: they have not seen each other since graduation and the reason for the gathering is to remember school and have a drink. However, Tsitsi has a secret motivation: he wants to punish his former classmate, Guga (31), who used to make life difficult for the entire class at school. Several male classmates gather at school, drink, talk, and as their time together progresses, Tsitsi gets drunk and tries to accomplish his goal.Read More »

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On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an Indigenous girl named Rosa lives and works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa’s father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organization of sorcerers.Read More »

Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate.They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins.When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between turns sour.Read More »

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Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.Read More »

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In her second film after The Chambermaid in 2018, Lila Avilés leaves behind the cramped hotel rooms of her debut but continues to work on the connection between relationships and interior spaces. This time, the setting is a large house where, over the course of a long day, family and friends meet for a dual ritual: it is the birthday of young father and painter Tona, but as it will likely be his last, it is also a farewell ceremony. There is duality in the film’s soul, too, with the frenzy of preparations and the spontaneity of the celebration concealing the profoundly archaic and spiritual dimension of the title. Tona’s weakened body is initially invisible, protected in a room where he tries to summon up the strength required for the humanist ceremony in which he will be showered with all the love and affection needed to face his final journey.Read More »

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A desperate man flees his home country of China, in an attempt to escape the curse of Malice, a dark malevolent and vengeful Chinese Nu Gui. Chinese folklore believes that these demonic souls only haunt males that have done them wrong in their past life. In an attempt to hunt down a former Shinto associate for help, Zheng takes refuge in the city of Brisbane, Australia. His efforts are futile as the nu gui stalks him at every moment, tormenting him, mentally destroying him for weeks until he breathes his final breath. His suicide ritual fails him and his letter becomes cursed by Malice.Read More »

To describe documentarian Christine Choy as a bit of a live-wire would be like describing the national grid as a bit of an energy source. “How do I describe myself?” she asks, “Fuck you, you can’t describe me.” This sort of sparky response is what propels this debut feature from actor-turned-director Violet Columbus and Ben Klein as it flits between being a profile of Choy and her work and a consideration of what happened to the Chinese activists who were exiled in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre.Read More »

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called “Louis”, is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way – much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconventional genius and French Revolution are sparking a fire in Louis’ heart; he doesn’t want to serve a master – only the arts. Facing times of family tragedies and unrequited love, he almost gives up. However, Louis makes it to Vienna to study under Haydn in 1792, and the rest is history. Who was this man, whose music has since touched countless hearts and minds? At the end of his life, the master is isolated by loss of loved ones and hearing. Surely though, he was way ahead of his times.Read More »