Continue reading →As personal and harrowing a documentary can be, this powerful and heart-wrenching work captures a mother’s ‘video diary’ of the daily struggles in Aleppo, Syria, as the brutal 2016 siege by the Assad regime drew frighteningly near.
Continue reading →This debut feature may be raw at times, but there’s an undeniable organic quality to the filmmaking about a young man who meets a trans woman in the New York kiki scene.
Continue reading →A youthful and nuanced exploration of teenage sexual identity and emotional intimacy that freshly tries to skip past clichés.
6th Generation Chinese filmmaker Zhang Ming tackles modern loneliness and ennui with quiet artistry in this remarkable drama about a film crew trying to make a picture but becomes lost (in all senses of the word) in the process.
A subtle if layered LGBTQ drama centering on a Chinese family’s past secrets and the persistent problems they have caused in this sensitive and composed feature debut.
Capturing teenage angst and emotional uncertainties with aplomb, this under-the-radar Italian LGBT film is easy-going and will appeal to the wider audience.
A perceptive and delicately-drawn first feature with an outstanding central performance that feels but earns its length.
Continue reading →This is an unexpected discovery from Israel—an assured debut feature about a father and his suicidal daughter that is directed with incredible subtlety and nuance.
Continue reading →A serious comedy, if you will, from Morocco about the intersection between blind faith and personal greed in an unsuspecting new town.
Continue reading →A high point in Gregg Araki’s inconsistent career that tackles a taboo subject matter whilst balancing its dreamy filmmaking style with raw fervour.
Eternality Tan 