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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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  Clothes make the han: uniforms and lies at London Korean 2014

  Anton Bitel reports on seven new thrillers that fan feelings of resentment and injustice through variations of criss-crossing and double-agency.

  Anton Bitel
  Thursday 18 December 2014

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  Too late blues: the FrightFest Hallowe’en All-Nighter 2014

  Anton Bitel clung on til dawn again, but the one great find, but the one great find (a world premiere, no less) came early…

  Anton Bitel
  Friday 5 December 2014

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  Come back, South Africa: Africa in Motion 2014

  Three recent documentaries about the birth and growing pains of post-apartheid South Africa epitomised the reflective mood at this year’s Scottish showcase of African cinema. Harriet Warman reports.

  Harriet Warman
  Friday 5 December 2014

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  Cinema of saudade: Doclisboa’14

  Nick James finds Portugal’s trademark wistful melancholia on screen via Dutch master Johan van der Keuken, Marguerite Duras and the longtime head of the Portuguese Cinematheque.

  Nick James
  Friday 21 November 2014

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  CPH:DOX 2014: history in the turning

  The Fall of the Wall was showcased at this year’s Danish celebration of documentary art; but the best of the fest raked over less fêted events, as well two forays in nonfiction performance. Carmen Grey reports.

  Carmen Gray
  Friday 21 November 2014

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