By David Pountain Tying the past to the present and finding absurdity in reality, Lusine Sargsyan’s The Abode sympathetically observes the humour, loneliness, perseverance and solidarity of the Armenian people during and after the Artsakh […]
Female Directors
By Sharon Calingasan Animated short Please, Call Back Later is a charming piece of work by animator, illustrator and filmmaker Yulia Ruditskaya that follows a girl who escapes from her usual routines and goes on an […]
By Stephanie Hotz Directed by Lusine Sargsyan Lusine Sargsyan’s 2014 feature film, The Abode, is a bittersweet drama reflecting the personal experiences felt by Armenians during and after the Artsakh Liberation War (1988-1994). Despite spanning various […]
By Asha New Directed by Anne Émond Toronto International Film Festival review Our Loved Ones is a film that focuses on people, and the interactions between them, as they attempt to overcome the normal obstacles of […]
By Sarah Jilani Directed by Doris Dörrie Berlinale review It’s been five years since the inhabitants of the Japanese town of Fukushima and its surrounds suffered a triple catastrophe. Europe looked on, shocked and unnerved in […]
By David Pountain Speed Dating, a sprightly comedy short from Meghann Artes, holds a timid energy in its style that amusingly reflects the jittery mindset of a woman straying from her domestic comfort zone in a […]