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“This film understands that the happiest moments only reveal their importance after they have passed,” our own writer John Lynn said about September Afternoon, the sophomore feature effort by German director Nicolaas Schmidt. Built from repetition, silence, and fleeting sensations the film is one of the more transcendent and hypnotic entries in this year’s Locarno […]

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“A genuinely moving exploration of the importance of allowing momentary sojourns from reality.” Werner Herzog once famously said, “the world reveals itself to those who travel on foot”, which has been appropriated by many a wanderer, urban and pastoral. There is something remarkable about moving through a space with nothing but the ground beneath you […]

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“An examination of how shared spaces shape relationships and memories.” “You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down? She shifted to a question about airports.” — The Glass Essay, Anne Carson A quiet, and seemingly insignificant moment in Kamila […]

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“Corporeality interweaves with social commentary to create a film that simultaneously nauseates and titillates.” Over the course of a couple of decades Ann Oren has been focused on exploring the human body and how it functions within its environment. Starting her career as a performance artist, she gradually transitioned to working behind the camera, determined to unravel […]...


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“A cinematic exploration of human resilience, faith, and invisible forces that shape our existence.” To understand Sufism only as a religious philosophy is to miss its deepest beauty. At its core, Sufism is a long journey of the human soul — a desire to move beyond the limits of the self and connect with a […]

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