The social and family fractures and fragments caused by the Ukraine conflict are highlighted by Pieter-Jan De Pue in his latest documentary, which itself splintered from its original intent during the course of the ten years he filmed. The complex result doesn’t always slot together smoothly but its jagged edges serve to illustrate the unpredictability of living – and in his ...

Mallory's Ghost

Actor filmmakers Arabella Oz and Nick Canellakis’ directorial feature début, Mallory’s Ghost, follows the titular character (Oz) who accompanies her playwright boyfriend Sam (Canellakis) on a writing retreat — unbeknownst to Mallory, the same place he took his...

Adrian Goiginger is best known for the true stories he tells, whether about his childhood (The Best of All Worlds, 2017), his grandfather’s WWII experiences (The Fox, 2022), or a man who left a profit-oriented society behind to establish a commune (Above The World, 2022) and the Austrian filmmaker returns to his preferred “genre” of sharing the actual, lived-in experiences wi...

Ola Henningsen and Lasse Kortegaard Kristensen in Being Ola

Ola Henningsen is used to being underestimated. When, in childhood, he realised that his brain worked more slowly than other people’s, he began to understand that his life might take a different course. As an adult, ...

“He called me a liar and I couldn’t let it stand,” says E Jean Carroll, referring to the lawsuit she filed against Donald Trump for “rape and defamation of character”. It’s a statement that indicates two things. Firstly, that Elizabeth Jean Carroll is not to be messed with and, secondly, just how hard it remains, even if you are a forthright person, to speak up about sexual a...