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Two lambs stand in a garden with a colourful ornate shrine visible in the background.
Review

Krabi, 2562

by David Jenkins

Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong observe the local customs of a Southern Thai community.

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In Retrospect
Silhouetted figure against an intense blaze of orange and yellow flames.
Review

Fire Will Come

by David Jenkins

A fierce blaze tears across rural Galicia in Oliver Laxe’s ruminative docu-fiction hybrid.

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Four people on horseback in a grassy field, with snow-capped mountains in the background.
Review

Mimosas

by David Jenkins

A perilous religious crusade through the Moroccan countryside is the story which powers this challenging existential drama.

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3
In Retrospect
Turquoise and ochre sculptures against weathered wall.
Review

The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the two Eyes are Not Brothers

by David Jenkins

Ben Rivers returns with a blackly comic take on the ethics of filmmaking in another country.

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