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by Elena Rubashevskaja
January 16, 2025
At the end of 2024, I got the chance to visit a destination that confused my insurance agent a lot: Iraqi Kurdistan, where I was invited as a juror for
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by Emily Jacobson
October 31, 2024
This past year has seen a wave of female directed movies – whether it be horror, drama, or comedy – fixed upon the female body. Unsurprisingly, with the political climate
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by Peyton Robinson
October 31, 2024
I have always found that the Chicago International Film Festival is a formidable venue for riveting, empathetic tales about women and girls. Last year, “Paradise is Burning” was my favorite
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by Rebecca Martin
October 20, 2024
After earning her degrees in Music and Theater from Ankara and Istanbul State Conservatories, Ayçıl Yeltan recorded with distinguished musicians. She portrayed many significant roles as an actor at Dormen
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by Matt Fagerholm
October 18, 2024
Valeria Golino was 18 years old when she filmed Italian director Francesco Maselli’s “Storia d’amore,” the movie that would make her an international star. She earned the Best Actress prize
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by Davide Abbatescianni
September 26, 2024
Tam (Lê Tú Oanh), a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his
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by Rebecca Martin
September 11, 2024
When you see it, you know it. When you see a film that is so timeless, beautiful, and raw like “Hoard,” you know that you have to share it with
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by Rebecca Martin
July 1, 2024
I had the opportunity to speak with Sam Flancher, programmer of the Chicago International Film Festival, about the free summer screenings they held for the first half of the summer
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by Rebecca Martin
March 29, 2024
I had the opportunity to speak with Zurich native Barbara Kulcsar about her uplifting film “Golden Years,” written by Swiss writer and filmmaker Petra Volpe. The film is about a
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by Cineuropa
March 11, 2024
By Marta Bałaga 24/02/2024 – BERLINALE 2024: The debuting director delves into her film, in which something very real – and very tragic – co-exists with mysticism Aïcha (Salha Nasraoui),
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by Davide Abbatescianni
February 9, 2024
World-premiered in the Discovery section of the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, Ninna Pálmadóttir’s accomplished debut feature, titled “Solitude,” recently played at the Göteborg Film Festival (26 January-4 February), one of
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by Davide Abbatescianni
February 9, 2024
Muanza is a woman born in the Kingdom of Kongo and trafficked to Brazil sometime in the 19th century. Waking up in the 21st century, she finds herself in a
