Meet the 2021 young film critics:
Alonso Aguilar (Costa Rica)
Jason Tan Liwag (Philippines)
Łukasz Mańkowski (Poland)
Madeleine Collier (USA)
Ren Scateni (UK)
Zanji Sinkala (Zambia)
Interview with BUMA composer Tess van der Velde by Young Film Critic Zanji Sinkala.
My name is Zanji, and I am a journalist from Zambia, Southern Africa who takes pride…
By Zanji Sinkala
The following piece is an interview with a filmmaker who believes in the power to dare, to challenge the status quo and above all, do what brings…
By Zanji Sinkala
There is an African proverb that says, “The axe forgets what the tree remembers.” In other words, the axe has caused the damage and forgets it in…
By Ren Scateni
An interview with BUMA composer Renán Zelada Cisneros
When I was a teenager, Saturday was a special day. Right after lunch, I would hop on my scooter…
By Ren Scateni
As We Like It is an engrossing utopia depicting a world refreshingly unthreatened by any kind of queer-inflected phobia. Despite being indebted to the wave of optimism…
By Madeleine Collier
Hello and welcome to everyone following along virtually with the 50th edition of IFFR. My name is Madeleine Collier and I am a New York-based critic, translator,…
By Madeleine Collier
In her short film The Hole’s Journey, Moroccan filmmaker Ghita Skali devises an imaginative experiment: what would happen if she removed a few worn floorboards from an…
By Madeleine Collier
French filmmaker Julien Faraut is quickly making a name for himself in a highly specialised generic niche: meditative, essayistic sports films. Building on the critical success of…
An interview with BUMA composer Merlijn Snitker by Young Film Critic Łukasz Mankowski.
My name is Łukasz Mańkowski and my corona-crisis days I spent in Warsaw, Poland. I’m a film…
By Łukasz Mańkowski
The camera slowly fades into the ambience of the jungle, unfolds the drifting sounds of the past. It is entangled with the present now. Once built by…
By Łukasz Mańkowski
There are two kinds of people. Those who love nattō and those who dearly hate it. The former cherish the aroma of fermented fragrance of soybeans on…