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‘Cielo’ review: A young girl embarks on a quest across Bolivia in this uncertain fable
Dir/scr: Alberto Sciamma. UK/Bolivia. 2025. 108 minutes
Breathtaking landscapes, bravura cinematography and an enticing youngster lead go a protracted approach to bolstering Bolivian-set quest film Cielo. However in the end...
‘A Poet’ review: A failed Colombian poet mentors a promising young talent
Dir/scr: Simon Mesa Soto. Colombia/Germany/Sweden. 2025. 123mins
“I’m a poet,” protests the put-upon protagonist of Colombian Simon Mesa Soto’s Un Sure Regard title. “Truly, you’re...
‘To The West, In Zapata’ review: Life on the extremes in pandemic-era Cuba
Dir/scr: David Bim. Cuba/Spain. 2025. 75mins
The day by day wrestle to outlive and put meals on the desk is keenly felt in David BIM’s...
’The Devil Smokes’ review: Potent Mexican debut tracks five siblings over a traumatic summer
Dir: Ernesto Martínez Bucio. Mexico. 2024. 97mins
Formally difficult and imaginative, Ernesto Martínez Bucio’s debut The Satan Smokes (And Saves The Burnt Matches In The...
‘The Blue Trail’ review: Gabriel Mascaro drama fights ageism in a future Brazil
Dir. Gabriel Mascaro. Brazil/Mexico/Netherlands/Chile 2025. 86mins.
Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Path is a balmy riverboat experience into the unknown – in addition to a bolshy protest towards ageism...
‘The Message’ review: Low-key black-and-white pleasure from Argentina’s Iván Fund
Dir. Iván Fund. Argentina/Spain/Uruguay 2025. 91mins
The younger heroine of Argentinian drama The Message is just not a horse whisperer, precisely – extra an empathetic gazer at, and seemingly a ‘channeler’...
‘Rains Over Babel’: Rotterdam Review
Dir/scr. Gala del Sol. Columbia/USA/Spain. 2025. 111mins.
Drenched in neon, accessorised with fetish gear and steeped in extravagant queer Latin-punk perspective, Rains Over Babel is...
‘Carnival Is Over’: Tallinn Review
Dir/scr: Fernando Coimbra. Brazil/Portugal. 2024. 123mins
For Valerio (Irandhir Santos), the underworld household enterprise, inherited from his late father, is a jail. Valerio and his...