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OBSCURAE’s 2025 Wishlist

Umnia El-Neil

Umnia El-Neil

31 Dec 2024 — 1 min read
OBSCURAE’s 2025 Wishlist

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Lush Hyperrealism: 100 Nights of Hero | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Lush Hyperrealism: 100 Nights of Hero | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Adapted from a queer feminist graphic novel that borrowed from Scheherazade, this luscious experiment in fantasy-as-realism is a true treat for the Ren Faire Romance Set (my friends and collaborators all), and is bound to be a cult favourite.

By Umnia El-Neil 23 Oct 2025
Tuwaine Barrett & Bradley Banton dissect the process of creating "More Life" | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Tuwaine Barrett & Bradley Banton dissect the process of creating "More Life" | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Set entirely in an Instagram Live, this hangout movie quietly catalogues friendship, identity and performance -- Lead Actor Tuwaine Barrett and Actor/Writer/Director Bradley Banton get into the process with us.

By Umnia El-Neil 23 Oct 2025
The Chronology of Water (Review) | BFI LFF 2025

The Chronology of Water (Review) | BFI LFF 2025

Based on the 2011 memoir by American writer Lidia Yuknavitch, Kristen Stewart's debut is more experimental than narrative – and does more to honour than it does to analyse.

By Umnia El-Neil 14 Oct 2025
Instagram is ✨Cinema: More Life (Review) | BFI LFF 2025

Instagram is ✨Cinema: More Life (Review) | BFI LFF 2025

Where theatre meets Instagram Live, you can make cinema, and director Bradley Banton has found a unique angle on the hangout film here.

By Umnia El-Neil 13 Oct 2025
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