Reviews

Dir : Ali Abbasi | Fantasy Drama | Sweden | 104’ BORDER is one of those bracingly original films. Melding fantasy and folklore while teetering on the edge of Gothic horror...

Writer|Dir: Paul Dano | Cast: Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould | Drama | US | 105’ A teenage boy experiences the breakdown of his parents’ marriage in  Paul Dano’s crisp...

Writer|Dir: A B Shawky | Egypt | Drama | 97’ YOMEDDINE (Judgement Day) is a coming of age road drama where two outcasts discover the harshness of the real world outside...

“You don’t make up for your sins in Church. You do it on the streets. You do it at home.  The rest is bullshit, and you know it” Mean Streets was...

Dir: Tony Zierra | With Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Danny Lloyd, Matthew Modine, Stellan Skarsgard, Pernilla August | Doc | US  | 94' Director Tony Zierra (My Big Break) shows how easy...

Dir: Feng Xiaogang | China | Historical Drama | 148' Feng Xiaogang (I Am Madame Bovary) is widely considered as China's answer to Stephen Spielberg, and he certainly proves himself in...

Dir: Stefanie Brockhaus, Andres Wolff | Cast: HIssa Hilal | Drama | 89' | Saudi/Germany Hissa Hilal, Saudi poet and political activist in her forties, has made some ground-breaking literary efforts...

Dir: P Ebersole and Todd Hughes | US Documentary with Kenneth Anger, Richmond Arquette, Ann Magnusson, John Waters, Mary Woronov | 84' The real Sixties sex symbol Jayne Mansfield is never...

Sheffield Doc/Fest celebrates its 25th edition this year with a diverse programme that features not only documentaries but also interactive and immersive projects, including 7 virtual reality installations in the Alternate Realities...