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Middle East
‘For Rana’: Busan Review
Dir. Iman Yazdi. Iran. 2024. 87mins
Aref (Hamed Behdad), a stunt motorcyclist in an Iranian circus, and his spouse (Pantea Panahiha), who works in an...
‘Thank You For Banking With Us’: London Review
Dir/scr: Laila Abbas. Palestine/Germany/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/Egypt. 2024. 97mins
There’s little love misplaced between Palestinian sisters Mariam (Clara Khoury), a frazzled mum of two, and Noura (Yasmine...
‘Happy Holidays’: Venice Review
Dir/scr: Scandar Copti. Palestine/Germany/France/Italy. 2024. 124mins.
The day by day information cycle brings us limitless tales of inter-tribal battle. Typically the tribes are nation states,...