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Directors' Fortnight
‘Militantropos’ review: The invasion of Ukraine through the prism of everyday life
Dirs: Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi. Ukraine/Austria/France. 2025. 111mins
On a regular basis life in Ukraine is the topic of the documentary Militantropos, which observes...
‘Girl On Edge’ review: Friendship turns to rivalry in Chinese figure skating drama
Dir/scr: Zhou Jinghao. China. 2025. 108mins
Chinese language determine skater Jiang Ning (Zhang Zifeng) faces a make-or-break competitors underneath the cruel and unforgiving eye of...
‘The Girls We Want’ review: Inner-city kids fumble in Marseille-set debut
Dir: Prïncia Automotive. France. 2025. 93mins
A gaggle of children from inner-city Marseille is thrown into disarray when somebody returns after an extended absence within...
‘Yes’ review: Nadav Lapid’s post-October 7 satire is loudly divisive
Dir: Nadav Lapid. France/Israel/Cyprus/Germany. 2025. 149mins
The October 7 assaults by Hamas, and Israel’s persevering with marketing campaign of retaliation in Gaza: most film-makers would...
‘Death Does Not Exist’ review: Animation follows young activists into battle
Dir/scr: Felix Dufour-Laperrier. Canada/France. 2025. 72mins
The strain between social duty and private preservation takes centre stage on this Canadian French animation, whose expressive hand-drawn...
‘The Girl In The Snow’ review: Louise Hemon turns to drama with a story from her own family’s past
Dir: Louise Hemon. France. 2025. 96mins
There's nothing extra harmful than an informed, unbiased lady in Louise Hemon’s atmospheric winter’s story. Impressed by parts of...
‘Brand New Landscape’ review: Debut explores a Tokyo family in crisis
Dir: Yuiga Danzuka. Japan. 2025. 115mins
Two siblings have very totally different emotional reactions to attainable reconciliation with their estranged father in Yuiga Danzuka’s first...
‘The President’s Cake review’: Quinzaine crowd-pleaser is set in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
Dir/scr: Hasan Hadi. Iraq/US/Qatar. 2025. 102 minutes.
It could include fairy-tale substances, together with a dangerous lottery, a pet cockerel confidante and kids on a...
‘Her Will Be Done’ review: A young woman faces an ancient evil in rural French horror
Dir/scr: Julia Kowalski. France/Poland. 2025. 98mins
Purification requires sacrifice in Her Will Be Finished, a murky rural horror wherein a younger girl Is determined to...
‘Wild Foxes’ review: Samuel Kircher lands a punch in school boxing drama
Dir/scr: Valery Carnoy. Belgium/France. 2025. 92mins
Samuel Kircher’s rising star standing is confirmed by Wild Foxes, his efficiency as a troubled younger boxer the principle occasion in...