REVIEW: Stolen Fish (Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020)
Filmed in Gunjur, Gambia, Stolen Fish follows a steady stream of workers, carrying boxes of fish from the shore to awaiting factories. To an outsider it could seem like an honest living, back straight, pace…
REVIEW: Beyond the Mountain (We Are One 2020)
We Are One – A Global Film Festival Winner of the Best Feature award at last year’s Lleida Latin American Film Festival, Beyond the Mountain is a slow-burn Mexican dramatic thriller about a boy who…
REVIEW: Crazy World (We Are One 2020)
Wakaliwood, a film production company based in Uganda, has a small but fervent cult following that rivals the passion behind the fanbase of Tommy Wiseau and The Room. One of their most famous productions, Who…
REVIEW: House of Hummingbird (2020)
Two films that I’ve seen this year have connected with me on a deeply personal level, despite one being about a Black woman in New York (The 40 Year Old Version) and one being about…
REVIEW: Eurovision Song Contest – The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
With the Covid -19 pandemic outbreak, the world is a very different place. It means the year 2020 has been a nightmare for absolutely everyone. There has also been the cancellation of sporting events, film…
REVIEW: Tremble All You Want (We Are One 2020)
We Are One – A Global Film Festival Twenty-something Yoshika (Mayu Matsuoka) has had a secret crush on her middle school classmate Ichimiya (Takumi Kitamura) for the past decade and has never even thought about…
REVIEW: Six Stand-Out Shorts (We Are One 2020)
We Are One – A Global Film Festival The We Are One festival, which took place online from May 29 to June 7 2020, was organised by YouTube to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts…
REVIEW: And She Could Be Next (We Are One 2020)
We Are One: A Global Film Festival And She Could Be Next is a two-part documentary series that tells the story of a defiant movement of women of colour transforming American politics from the ground…
REVIEW: Miss Juneteenth (2020)
Miss Juneteenth is a pageant for young Black women, one that combines charm school, the opportunity to receive an academic scholarship, and the glamour of a traditional beauty pageant. But for Turquoise Jones, played empathetically…
REVIEW: 7500 (2020)
Creating a film in a single location comes with its own set of problems, which are different to those on a conventional film set. You must contend with blocking, camera positioning and how to progress…
