REVIEW ‘Medusa’ Makes a Political Statement with Horror and Humour
Medusa (Medusa, Brazil 2021) is a dystopian satire of how right-wing politics in Brazil – with its extremism and patent misogyny... Read Article
Film Festival
REVIEW Thinking With Other Senses: Sense-Searching Unaided By Film Conventions in Three Short Films
The BFI London Film Festival’s Experimenta programme aims to screen “films by artists that revolutionise and reshape our vision of... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Azor’: An Unsettling Political Thriller Set in Military-led 1980s Argentina
A Swiss banker tries to navigate the unfamiliar and increasingly unsettling world of military-led 1980s Argentina in ‘Azor’, a chilling political thriller in cinemas 29th October.
REVIEW Animated Shorts at Inaugural Brazil Indigenous Film Festival Show Defiant Vibrancy of Guajajara and Maxakali Peoples
Traditional folktales from Brazil’s Guajajara and Maxakali peoples are infused with creative energy in two animated shorts forming part of the inaugural Brazil Indigenous Film Festival.
REVIEW ‘Nudo Mixteco’ Unravels the Experiences of Three Women in a Traditional Mixtec village
Morality is a rocky terrain; messy and tangled. Unravelling the very ‘Mexican Knot’ that the film is named after, actor-cum... Read Article
REVIEW Discovering Self in the Magical Realm of ‘Clara Sola’
Clara Sola takes an imaginative look at a woman’s release from the social constraints that shape her life, through her... Read Article
Colombian Artists Reflect on Rural Violence and Memory in Short Film
In the short film ‘Desolvido’, Colombian musicians and activists Edson Velandia and Adriana Lizcano combine folk music and simple lyrics... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Mosh’ invokes a Dominican reality imbued with hope and absurdity
Juan Antonio Bisonó graduated from university in Miami with a degree in English Literature and Film Directing, and a clear... Read Article
¡VIVA! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival returns to Manchester’s HOME Cinema for its 27th edition this August
Films from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Paraguay will be screened as part of the 27th ¡VIVA!... Read Article
‘Nando’ Offers a Poignant Rendition of Hope in a Brazilian Favela
A caterpillar drawn in chalk on a concrete floor. Its artist, the eleven-year-old Nando. The camera lingers, before cutting to... Read Article
Two Years On The Inside: Pedro Speroni talks about the making of his Argentine prison doc ‘Rancho’
Director Pedro Speroni spent two years living amongst a group of violent criminals at a Buenos Aires maximum-security prison in... Read Article
REVIEW Sheffield DocFest Youth Jury Winner Follows Young Colombian Girl’s Transition Journey
Angélica Cervera’s documentary If God Were A Woman (Si Dios Fuera Mujer, 2021) follows the story of Laura, a young... Read Article