Rust
“A nastily intimate encounter with a poisoned mind…” Patrick Capaloff Fowler reviews RUST, a powerful short screening this weekend at Watersprite Film Festival.
Category Archives: Festival Coverage
East Side Stories
Noel Megahey reports back from the Belfast leg of the The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2014.
Watch Africa
Hiu Chan reports back from Watch Africa, the first African Film Festival in Cardiff – and speaks to festival organiser Fadhili Maghiya.
The Forgotten Kingdom
See this love story/odd-couple road movie/drama/rite of passage at Cambridge African Film Festival at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse on 10th November.
Material
Both filmmaker and lead character strike a delicate balance between charisma and integrity in the excellent comedy MATERIAL, writes Alison Hicks.
My Sweet Pepper Land
This satisfying blend of Middle Eastern drama and spaghetti western homage boasts two terrific lead performances, writes Gavin Midgley.
Tridentfest
TRIDENTFEST continues to demonstrate the collective’s evolution as talented film makers with a wide set of skills, writes Mark Liversidge.
Operation Bethlehem
Bethlehem is divided, literally, by a giant illegal wall of concrete dividing Palestine and Israeli areas. Sarah Acton reviews Leila Sansour’s OPERATION BETHLEHEM.
The Man Whose Mind Exploded
Hannah Clarkson reviews this touching portrait of Drako Zarhazar, THE MAN WHOSE MIND EXPLODED.
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
Hannah Clarkson recounts the stories of the young dreamers in Tinatin Gurchiani’s quietly astonishing THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR.