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  “Human once again”: documentaries spring eternal at Mexico’s Ambulante 2015

  Ten years into its mission to bring audiences their own images on screen, has Mexico’s touring Ambulante tapped a new mood of hope, asks Joshua Jelly-Schapiro?

  Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
  Wednesday 22 April 2015

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  One step back: spring sidesteps the 2015 Istanbul Film Festival

  Amidst thawing relations between the Turkish state and its Kurdish insurgency, a censorship debacle at this year’s Turkish film showcase snowballed out of anyone’s control. Kaya Genç reports.

  Kaya Genç
  Sunday 19 April 2015

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  FLARE 2015 critics’ roundtable

  From queer bodies in sports to the life online, this year’s London LGBT film festival suggested gay cinema is growing up and out of both tragedy and feelgood transcendence, according to Sophie Mayer, Frances Morgan and Ben Walters.

  Sophie Mayer, Frances Morgan, Ben Walters
  Thursday 2 April 2015

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  The naked festival: True/False 2015 versus the rules

  As the festival’s advocacy of documentary unorthodoxy takes hold, must this audience-first jamboree learn to play the film business’s games, asks Charlie Lyne?

  Charlie Lyne
  Friday 20 March 2015

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  Films for film’s sake: Tromsø 2015

  James Bell reports on how the ‘Paris of the north’ flies the flag for cinema in the Arctic circle.

  James Bell
  Thursday 26 February 2015

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  Berlinale 2015: the prizes

  A judicious jury gave its awards to Iran’s Jafar Panahi, Chile’s Pablo Larraín and Patricio Guzmán, actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay – and Radu Jude’s fascinating period foray Aferim, writes Nick James.

  Nick James
  Sunday 15 February 2015

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  Berlinale 2015 midway roundup: Malick, Larraín, Guzmán, Panahi, Haigh

  New movies from Pablo Larraín and Patricio Guzmán put Chile’s finest out front in an exciting first half of the festival, reports Nick James.

  Nick James
  Tuesday 10 February 2015

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  RIDM 2014: Aesthetics of withdrawal and revolution

  Patrick Smith and Viviane Saglier trace a thread from James Benning’s reclusive Two Cabins films to the crucibles of Maidan and Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait.

  Patrick Smith, Viviane Saglier
  Monday 9 February 2015

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  Rotterdam 2015: the sandwich that became a doughnut

  Rotterdam knows it must diet, but how to square this with its embrace of a centrifugal cinema, wonders Neil Young?

  Neil Young
  Monday 9 February 2015

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  Aesthetica 2014: shorts circuit York

  Aesthetica’s multi-short showcase has grown from a magazine insert to a citywide festival in five short years. Is it time to take stock, asks Harriet Warman?

  Harriet Warman
  Thursday 18 December 2014

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