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What to see at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam

by Max Copeman

The Netherlands’ premier celebration of cinema returns in January with a new-look programme.
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Here’s what we’re most excited to watch at Sundance 2020

by Hannah Strong

Dee Rees, Josephine Decker, Miranda July, and much, much more…
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Why the Sundance Film Festival should be top of your 2020 travel plans

by Hannah Strong

Set in the picturesque mountains of Utah, Sundance is a film lover’s paradise with a difference.
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10 highlights from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2019

by Patrick Gamble

Space dogs, muscle men and a Soviet cinema icon were at the forefront of this year’s event.
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Discover the free online film festival which celebrates Europe

by Little White Lies

ArteKino is an innovative digital film festival showcasing the crème of new European cinema.
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Six of the best films from the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019

by Hannah Clugston

York’s annual showcase of groundbreaking short-form cinema returned for its biggest ever edition.
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Can you mourn for a person of whom you have no memory?

by Beth Webb

Korean director Noh Young Sun reflects on her deeply personal debut feature, Yukiko.
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How the UK Jewish Film Festival expanded out east

by Hannah Strong

We meet UKJFF Head Programmer Nir Cohen who explains how he plans to reach new audiences.
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Exploring indigenous Canadian films at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

by Justine Smith

This year’s edition of the Montréal-based festival showed the value of giving marginalised native filmmakers a platform.
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Did Ethan Coen deliver the strangest screenwriting lecture ever?

by Flavia Ferrucci

The writer-directors maps out the past, present and future of cinema through its depiction of… surgery?