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Building community through creativity, Queer East Film Festival comes of age

by Cici Peng

Guest curator Cici Peng reflects on the remarkably programming on offer at the fifth edition, offering a mixture of screenings and immersive events that shift ideas of what a festival can be.
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Bodies in motion: a report from CPH:DOX 2024

by Savina Petkova

One of the world’s most important documentary festival delivers a host of very fine films as well as some flim-flammy political statements.
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Here’s what it’s like to be part of programming a film festival

by Madeleine Storer

How do programmers assess films for a festival selection? We find out from one of the Oxford University Student Film Festival team.
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Cannes Film Festival 2024: the full line-up

by David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Francis Ford Coppola roll out for France’s première film jamboree.
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My First Film – first-look review

by Savina Petkova

In her intriguing debut feature, director Zia Anger attempts to exorcise the ghost of a long-abandoned filmmaking venture.
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Community and creativity thrive at Finland’s Tampere Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

At Northern Europe’s oldest short film festival, cinephiles from around the world come together to declare small is beautiful – be it in the sauna or on the ice.
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Queer Times: How Thessaloniki International Doc Festival are celebrating LGBTQ+ Cinema

by Christina Newland

A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empathy, a bit of violence and a hopeful vision for the future of Greek cinema.
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Timestalker – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Alice Lowe’s miraculous second feature is a triumph of imagination, soul-searching and a refined comic instinct.
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In its 20th year, Glasgow Film Festival continues to foster community through cinema

by Claire Biddles

One of the most down to earth festivals in the calendar combines world-class programming with a community of ardent cinema lovers – and a helping of movie-themed karaōke.
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Matt and Mara – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A teacher stuck in a rut finds her routine disrupted when an old friend from college reappears.