Rocket Girl
In ROCKET GIRL Eleni’s experience as a teenager trying to change the world of science for women, one rocket at a time, reflects director Agnes Swiercz’s own desire to show life shaped by transition and failure.
Category Archives: CFF Reel Voices
A Long Winter
A LONG WINTER is less breathtaking ghost story, and more a tale of steady survival: endure a season of loss and change and allow yourself to emerge with hope.
Minotaur
In MINOTAUR’s view, no matter the historical event, the rich will continue to thrive, while the poor pay the price for this – in most cases, with their lives.
Truly Naked
The greatest insight of TRULY NAKED is that being exposed to sex is not the same as understanding it. Genuine intimacy requires something no camera can capture on its own.
Artists in Residence
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE suggests there is no perfect way to live, there is just trying your best, and taking care of each other along the way. And buying a bed maybe.
Viva
Aina Clotet creates a world in which the future feels increasingly uncertain. Introspective, darkly funny, and occasionally chaotic, VIVA ultimately asks whether embracing life means learning to live with the certainty of death.
Alex Tweddle & AMR: Dying to Change the World
In conversation with Duru Usanmaz, director Alex Tweddle’s passion for purposeful filmmaking feels unmistakable. AMR: DYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD is more than a documentary; it’s a call to awareness, urging audiences to recognise the invisible battles shaping our collective future.
Is This Thing On?
IS THIS THING ON? captures that strange space between when you laugh and when you feel completely alone. Bradley Cooper is learning to trust quieter emotions and smaller details.
Nouvelle Vague
“The best way to critique a film is to make a film.” The provocative declaration belongs to Godard, but it’s Richard Linklater who reinvigorates it with NOUVELLE VAGUE’s reverence for the French New Wave.
Sirāt
SIRĀT is a film that purposefully defies expectation or strict genre classification. Beginning as a ‘found-family’ road-trip drama, it abruptly morphs into a painstakingly tension-fraught thrill ride, punctuated by moments crafted to shock and awe.