In the spirit of shedding light on all the great (and not-so great), imaginative and impressive films being made by the independent sector the world over, I spoke to Jack Brindelli from Indy Film Library, a platform that supports and reviews (…) Continue Reading »

“Straight Girl” is a short documentary which focuses on Remy Enceladus, their acceptance of their own identity and discovery of sexuality and gender presented in stage persona and music. This film delves deep into a multitude of emotive topics (…) Continue Reading »

In Lausanne, a group of twenty-something women and queer persons start directing ethical and dissident pornographic films: the OIL Productions collective is born. Committed to an artistic and political approach, they create adult films aiming to (…) Continue Reading »

À Lausanne, en Suisse, un groupe de jeunes femmes et de personnes queers d’une vingtaine d’années se lance, caméra au poing, dans la réalisation de films pornographiques. Entre leurs jobs pour certaine.x.s et leurs études pour d’autres, iels (…) Lire la suite »

"A Lana Del Rey video as directed by the press manager for the Coalition for Families". Animator Nadia Barbu joins us for scathing review of Blonde. Nadia is an award winning animation filmmaker and illustrator. You can see her work here. *Trigger warning* We discuss the film’s depiction of abortion and miscarriage. Continue Reading »

Rosie, a Congolese teenager, who’s recently arrived in London, discovers the unwelcoming side of life in Britain when a misunderstanding with two window cleaners escalates into conflict. Lions is having quite the successful festival run. Well (…) Continue Reading »

A l’occasion de l’édition 2023 du Festival de Clermont-Ferrand, nous avons discuté avec la réalisatrice Laura Goncalves dont le court La Quadrature du Cercle avait fait partie de la sélection de 2015 pour en savoir un peu plus sur son parcours (…) Lire la suite »

We interviewed French filmmaker Jawahine Zentar about her short film heart-felt Moroccan-set Sur la tombe de mon père (On My Father’s Grave) selected in the 2023 National Competition (F1 programme). Continue Reading »

The Trapped Pig tells the almost surreal story of a Wuhan truck driver, who is travelling home for the Chinese New Year with a precious boar, being trapped in one-person quarantine zone at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of my (…) Continue Reading »

A keen video essayist, Richard Misek’s work involved endlessly googling archive images. In 2018, he noticed that the download function had been disabled on Google. He dug deeper and found out that Getty Images had threatened to sue Google. The more he looked, the more Richard noticed that Getty had their logo imprinted everywhere and the scope of their reach became clear to him. This very (…) Continue Reading »