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In Vermiglio, the cold bites but it also keeps you alive.

1944. Wartime Italy. Icebound village. Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio (2025) is truly an exquisite winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Grand Jury. The slow-burn family saga unspools the glimpses of joy swallowed by the void of war. It has the essence of a memoir with the period film rooted in the... continue
Sophia Carr-Gomm on Return

Sophia Carr-Gomm is the director of short film Nobody’s Darling, which we reviewed when it screened at the London Short Film Festival. She has more recently directed Return. How has the reception and journey of Nobody’s Darling impacted your career going forward? Have they afforded you certain... continue
Latin American highlights - Clermont-Ferrand FF 2025: Lanawaru

A boy learns from his grandfather how rituals in the rainforest are important to maintain the balance between humans and nature. Absolutely mesmerising and compelling film driving home the importance and urgency of the essential work carried out by indigenous communities protecting the... continue
Latin American highlights - Clermont-Ferrand FF 2025: Jacaré

Pedro is a teenager who sells drinks in the traffic jam on an expressway that takes thousands of people to the coast during summer. Driven by curiosity and desire, Pedro embarks on an adventure that transforms him profoundly. Victor Quintanilha’s short is a transportative journey into the lives... continue
Latin American highlights - Clermont-Ferrand FF 2025: Servicio...

Maria Salafranca’s film (titled Obituary Service For You in English) offers a tour of the funeral home in a small Cuban town led by Maurilio and Fidela, driver and assistant on duty, who have been preparing corpses for 17 years in the same space where they live their lives and their love. A... continue

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17 July 2010

The Human Centipede

by Abla Kandalaft

A doctor connects three people arse to mouth. A doctor connects three people arse to mouth. If I read that somewhere I think my initial reaction would be to laugh. I watched the film and didn’t laugh. One thing’s for sure, it’s not for the faint-hearted. Technically less torture-heavy than, say, the Saw franchise, I found it more stomach churning. It left me unsure whether I liked it or not. (…) Continue Reading »

Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan : ce que signifie écouter

En l’espace de quatre ans, le réalisateur philippin a imposé son style grâce à ses courts métrages intimes et lumineux. Révélé en France en 2021 par le Festival du court métrage de (…)

Film and event! Bella Ciao: Song Of Rebellion - An exhaustive and rousing doc about the revolutionary anthem

London audiences were able to watch the film at our screening at the Garden Cinema on 25 April, which was followed by a Q&A with the directors, hosted by journalist Steve Topple. See pictures (…)

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15 May
Meeting of Amazonian Film Archives
Check out this invite to be part of the Meeting of Amazonian Film Archives, a space designed to foster dialogue, learning, and sharing about audiovisual archives, the representation of the Amazon, and its cultural, social, and political impact. The event is organized by the Riva-Agüero (…)
14 May
Patience is premiering on Omeleto on 15 May
Following previous coverage of his work, we’re happy to announce that filmmaker Louis Chan has new short film out. Patience will premiere tomorrow on Omeleto at noon BST. If you want to support the film: Watch the film all the way to the end: The YouTube algorithm rewards people who watch (…)
22 April
Reel News/Radical Film Network: In Celebration of International Workers Day
The teams at Reel News and details below! 1) "Disinfect your neglect!" Rapid Response team at London hospitals demand end to povery wages (6mins 34secs) The Rapid Response team at Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals do the very dangerous and skilled job of disinfecting the hospitals after (…)