Since 11-year-old Oat’s construction worker father had a fatal accident he has grown more dependent on his older brother Ek who he completely idolises. After their father’s death the boys are now orphans Ek has to leave school early to get a job to provide for the family as they are now looked after their … Continue reading
Mexican filmmaker Julián Hernández’s latest cinematic treat is essentially a film within a film. It’s protagonist Emiliano is an openly gay director who’s current movie that we see in progress on screen involves filming real-life dancer Gloria Conterras and some of her students. It soon becomes apparent that Emiliano’s interests in the dancers go way beyond … Continue reading
Jack is a 30-something-year-old ex-pat Brit living and working in New York when the INS refuses to renew his Residency Visa and he faces the real possibility of having to leave and go back to the UK which he left back when he was a teenager. Within the first few minutes of the movie, … Continue reading
Mexican filmmaker Ernesto Contreras’s fourth feature film with a script by his brother (Carlos Contreras) is a magical mythical tale about the search for a language that is on the brink of extinction, because the last two remaining elderly speakers are bitter enemies who haven’t exchanged a word for the past 50 years. Martin (Fernando Álvarez … Continue reading
Young Florian is a fat kid but his size only seems to be an issue with Hanno his very fat dad who claims that even he wasn’t that big as a child. On the other hand Monika his mother adores him and indulges in dressing up with him in 70’s clothes and prancing around their … Continue reading