Reviews

Not just a jubilant homage to the beauty of the Wadden’s unique intertidal wetlands, Pieter-Rim de Kroon’s film also sets out to show the place in a less than idyllic light…

Madagascan Nantenaina Lova’s story of protecting sacred land from foreign mining interests hits just the right tone: no sentimentality, no voyeurism, just honesty.

War and Peace is no simplistic reinforcement about the horrors of conflict, but rather an examination of how imagery of war can and perhaps should be used.

Milo Rau’s restaging of Christ’s Passion makes for a heart-felt and at times profoundly angry film set against the backdrop of workers campaigning for basic living conditions and rights in Italy.

Like an X-ray, this documentary gets under your skin to touch invisible points both in the body and the mind.

Cinematic boundaries are boozily and blissfully blurred in brothers Bill and Turner Ross’s absorbing and intoxicating film.

It makes you feel like you’re part of this brave and energetic movement, modern day heroes, fighting repression with little more than their innate intelligence and an overpowering sense of (in)justice.

A journey into the mind of a paedophile, shining a light on an immense taboo and into the tortured soul of a broken young man.

Filming only from his Zurich window, Swiss director Thomas Imbach inventively combines imagery of the demolition of an old, much-loved railway station, and the subsequent construction of a large prison and police centre, with reflections on the loss of loved-ones and the harsh treatment of newly arrived migrants.

A delicate and understated film that may change perspectives on the fine art of nude dancing.