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2024 Awards ‘not’s (WARNING: Controversial!)
the only four acclaimed films we did not enjoy this year.
Umnia El-Neil
Umnia El-Neil is a British-Sudanese artist and professional pop culture fan.
Rumours: Up in Smoke
I will not deny, it’s a funny movie - it plays with irony and political cynisicm, and has a lot of jabs to send toward the neoliberal insitutions we are soon to witness crumble into the sea. The ineffectual and fluffy words of our World ‘Leaders’, and the metaphor
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All We Imagine as Light
Two nurses, seemingly two generations of thought and approach, making it work in Mumbai. In what I can only describe as the most lusciously romantic film in a long while, ‘All We Imagine As Light’ is at once both patient and quick, diving us headfirst into the interior worlds of
Festivals
EAT/SLEEP/CHEER/REPEAT
As they make their way to the Olympics of Cheer, the Irish Cheerleading Team (and their coaches) let themselves be known to the camera - their personal lives and their fight to get it right. This is a fascinating slice of life, which gives you a unique look into the
Prospect House: Fragile Fiction
In a whirlwind blurring fact and fiction, Prospect House grapples with the very concept of History and Storytelling. What can we know, what can we guess - and who gets to guess? Through the lens of a House on the brink of demolition, a team of re-enacters seek to save
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Mrs. Robinson: The Blueprint of Leadership
For our times as we currently experience them, a documentary screeening at the Irish Film Festival London was nore relevant than ever - the story of a boundary-breaking woman who, as much as she can, has lived and is living her truest progressive values. A lawyer, a human rights activist,
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Gladiator 2: A beautiful day for Bloodshed
I’m very glad I procrastinated on writing this review, as recent events (the US Election) have added a new colour to the film. A good film speaks to the times, a great film speaks to all times. Gladiator, and its sequel, are those kinds of films. Regardless of the
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The Divided Island
A comprehensive and detailed account of the history of the Turkish/Greek Cypriot conflicts in Cyprus, “The Divided Island” is at times a very tough watch, but it is a vital one. Especially in the current political climate across the world, generations are often emotionally removed from the consequences of
Festivals
Grand Theft Hamlet: We are now Killer Shakespeare.
In a strangely emotional and predictably hilarious 1.5hrs, ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ stages Shakespeare. I say that clear-eyed, as I know there must be parts of the film that simply could not have been organic. However, the story they told of isolation, loneliness and a search for order and expression
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How to Build a Truth Engine
In the midst of the American Presidential Election, the subject matter of this George Clooney-produced Documentary couldn’t be more pressing. Alongside a noble effort to highlight the fallability of our current information ecosystem, a team of experts share their research, models and tools they have developed in the modern
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Holloway
In the broken husk of a building that once housed and detained women of all kinds, sit a group of those same women, who bring to light the realities of what brought them to Holloway, and what mark it left on their lives. Once again, it reminds us that our
SOPHISTICULTURE
Film Tea from BFI London Film Festival 2024 | SOPHISTICULTURE S02E05
Direct from our headquarters, our correspondent and CEO UMNIA gives you the full lowdown on the BFI Programme, and some amazing interviews and input from the coolest talent at LFF. Guest List: Susan Chardy, Lead Actress ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Sasha Nathwani, Director and Co-writer, ‘Last Swim’ Jazmin Jones