Dirs: Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson | UK, 2024, 91' An ascetic life of prayer and devotion is not for everyone. But Mother Vera (birth name Olga) has chosen the...

Dir.: Daniel Koetter; Documentary with Sama Karapoghosyan, Nune Hovhannisyan, Evya Hovhannisyan, Armen Papyan; Germany/Armenia 2022, 97 min. The rumbling unrest between Armenia and Azerbaijan simmers below the surface on these neighbouring...

Visions du Réel has unveiled the official selection for its 54th edition (21 to 30 April 2023). It is a powerful and dazzling programme that showcases the strength of contemporary...

Dir: Marco Bellocchio | Italy, drama 105’ The title had led me to anticipate gritty realist drama; but the Italian cinema had by 1965 largely lost interest in those at the...

Dir: Katrin Memmer | Doc, Germany 72’ In her first feature documentary filmmaker Katrin Memmer was influenced by Germany sociologist Hartmut Rosa’s concept of 'resonance' where the notion of listening and...

Dir.: Elvis A-Liang Lu; documentary with Elvis A-Liang Lu, Elaine Lu, Lucas Lu, Ming Yang Dei, Y Zhu Zing, Yin Hsien; Taiwan/France 2022, 90 min. Taiwanese filmmaker Elvis A-Liang Lu shares...

Dir: Céline Pernet | Doc, Switzerland Men share their innermost thoughts in this provocative sortie into the male psyche from first time Swiss filmmaker Céline Pernet. After three years and over four...

Dir.: Aicha Macky; Documentary with Sinya Boy, Bawo, Ramsess, Americain, PGG; Mali/France/Germany 2021, 85 min. Nigerian writer/director Aicha Macky grew up the former leper's quarter of Zinder, Niger's second biggest city...

Dir.: Ahmet Necdet Cupur; Documentary with Zeynep Cupur, Mahmud Cupur, Nezahat Cupur, Ahmet Cupur; Turkey/Germany 2021, 92 mins. Taking the title from Jean-Pierre Melville's 1950 film adaptation of Cocteau's play this...