Review of the opening film at the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF): “It Must Be Heaven”
The second annual Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) kicked-off in the Grand Eldorado movie theatre at UGC De Brouckère on
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Film Review
Bifff 2018 – White Chamber: as bland as its name suggests
White Chamber (2017), a low budget indie sci-fi directed by young British director, Paul Raschid, draws upon current themes of
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Bifff 2018 – Survival Family: comedy in the apocalypse
What happens when all the appliances in a hyper-connected, hyper-gadgetised society stop working? In Survival Family, a family in Tokyo
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Brexitannia: Why Brits voted to remain or leave the EU
Brexitannia is a fascinating and surprisingly moving documentary of why people voted the way they did in Britain’s EU referendum.
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Film Review: Golden Fish, African Fish
“Everything comes from the sea.” The inhabitants of the Senegalese village of Kafountine in the film Golden Fish, African Fish
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Film Review: Europe at Sea Premiere
Europe at Sea starts from the premise that “the world is more volatile than at any time since WW2”. It
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Film Review: Tehran Taboo
In Iran, holding hands in public is forbidden for unmarried couples and music can be banned for “not conforming to
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Film Review: Silas – A man’s struggle against corruption
When Liberia elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as president in 2005 after decades of civil war, many of its people hoped
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Film Review: Human Flow, Ai Weiwei’s new film
65 million people around the world were forced from their homes in 2015, more than at any time since World
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A Revolution in Four Seasons
“Everyone dreams of democracy, of a better tomorrow, of a developed country.” These are the words of Emna Ben Jemaa,
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