Noise is a cracker of an audio-visual experience, keeping its audience not only on the edge of their seat but also on their toes. Kim Soo-jin’s debut film leaves an terrifying impression on you thanks to some sublime sound design. Ju-Young (Lee Sun-bin) has a complicated relationship with her sister
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Fragment ★★★★ 1/2 Fantasia 2025
Kim Sung-yoon’s impressive directorial debut, Fragment, fills its audience with such heartbreaking hopelessness that you ache inside for these characters – a bleak gem of a film. Jun-gang and Jun-hui are siblings living on their own with barely a penny to their name. They pretend everything is fine, but everything
The Bearded Girl ★★★ 3/4 Fantasia 2025
An engaging coming-of-age tale, The Bearded Girl is so full of charm that you can’t help but fall for it. Honest and true to itself, it’s a film about finding yourself even when you have a pre-defined legacy to uphold. Jody Wilson has marked herself out as a filmmaker we
La Mort N’existe Pas ★★★ 1/2 Fantasia
La Mort N’existe Pas is a sublimely hand-drawn animated film from Félix Dufour-Laperrière. There is great power in its message on political action and inaction. While imperfect, this will hit the right notes for many. Young activists attempt an armed attack that fails, leading one of the activists, Hélène, to
Hold the Fort – ★★★★ Fantasia 2025
Hold the Fort is the horror comedy of the year, an absolute blast that, once the action starts, becomes a non-stop riot. William Bagley’s film delivers in every conceivable way. Lucas and Jenny finally buy their first home out in suburbia, the only problem is they have moved in just
500 Days in the Wild ★★★ Raindance 2025
For as gorgeous and inspirational as Dianne Whelan’s 500 Days in the Wild is, there is a tendency to drift into near aimlessness due to the sweeping nature of Whelan’s journey. What stays true, however, is that there is a great kindness in humans of all kinds to be present
Katwe – ★★★★ 1/2 Sheff Doc Fest
Katwe is a powerful and essential documentary from Nima Shirali about the working class in the salt pans of Uganda—those left behind from one broken promise after another. A deserted salt factory casts a very long shadow of an unfulfilled promise. In contrast, the politicians promise to free the community
Casas Muertas ★★★ 1/2 – Sheffield Doc Fest
One thread runs through all of the multi-generational subjects in Rosana Matecki’s excellent documentary, Casas Muertas – they are all haunted in some form by ghosts, whether that is family who are lost, or a country that resembles nothing of what it once was; these people are haunted and lost.
Shards of Light ★★★★ Sheffield Doc Fest
Marcus Lenz and Mila Teshaieva’s emotional sequel to When Spring Came to Bucha takes us on the next phase for the people of the city, rehabilitation. The heavy weight of trauma complements the unflinching truth of what it’s like to live on in the wake of destruction. The residents of
Blue Has No Borders ★★★ 1/2 – Sheffield Doc Fest
There’s a lot to like about Blue Has No Borders, as the filmmaker Jessi Gutch provides us with a documentary that tackles Britain’s identity crisis and shows that, like everything in life, it was already there right in our faces and is a lot more hopeful than we think. In
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