Well, it’s a no brainer that I would love this. Bring together horror films and women kicking ass and Australian film critic, writer and legend Alex Heller-Nicholas and you’ve got a winner.
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StandardThe Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco) (2025)
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I was sad I could not stay for the Q&A as the introduction by the director, Diego Céspedes, and one of the stars, Sirena Matilde, was heartfelt and drew attention to the film as a story about the beauty of trans and queer families.
Continue readingThe President’s Cake (مملكة القصب)(2025)
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Wow this one is really a slow burn, and not at all the lighthearted, child focused story that I was expecting.
Continue readingThe Things You Kill (2025)
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This is a tricksy, slightly surreal drama that may have had more impact on me if it wasn’t 9:30 pm and the fourth film of my day.
Continue readingCutting Through Rocks (2025)
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This is one of those deeply upsetting documentaries where you are watching the viciousness and callousness when patriarchy is challenged play out in a rural Iranian village.
Continue readingIt Was Just an Accident (یک تصادف ساده)(2025)
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April (აპრილი)(2024)
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This was one of my most interesting MIFF experiences this year. It had the hallmarks of the kind of film I like – Georgian (Scary Mother and My Happy Family are two Georgian films I loved), about feminist issues (access to abortion for low-income women) and reviews called it “tense, ominous, and viscerally captivating.”
Continue readingLate Shift (Heldin)(2025)
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This is the second film I have watched in the past week that is an intense and understated drama about the experiences of nurses in hospitals.
Continue readingMa – Cry of Silence (2024)
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It is hard to feel at all optimistic after this quiet meditation on the situation in Myanmar at the moment.
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