GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Paints a raw and unflinching portrait of author, Toni Morrison that authentically captures the true aesthetic and essence of her literary accomplishments and feels undeniably like Morrison herself
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is an inexplicably effective recreation and unintentional deconstruction of the exploitation genre
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - Overseas
Sung-a Yoon's Overseas is as depressing and upsetting as it is hopeful and profound
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - In Search…
While the film can be quite emotionally distressing, Beryl Magoko’s In Search… presents an opportunity to raise more awareness of the impact of FGM
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - Moments of Resistance
A sombre and clear-eyed view of women’s role in the continuing fight against fascism in Germany while also shedding light on the women who fought in the resistant movements against the Nazis
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - Little Miss Westie
As documentaries go, one would be hard-pressed to find a subject more microcosmic in scale than Little Miss Westie - a tale of one family, two transgender siblings and their development as a whole over time
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
Lindy Heymann’s I Told My Mum I Was Going On An R.E Trip breaks down the conversational barrier by firmly cementing the stories of four women in the reality they come from and allowing personal life experience to tell each story naturally
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - nîpawistamâsowin: WE WILL STAND UP
We Will Stand Up is a way of creating a world where indigenous children can safely be themselves in their own homeland, while they are still fighting for justice
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - The Archivettes
Megan Rossman’s The Archivettes is not only a concise and intimate look at the history of the Lesbian Herstory Archives but a reminder why preservation is so important for future generations
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - VAI
Vai is a beautifully endearing piece that explores the connections between the Pacific Islands
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme: I Go Gaga, My Dear (ぼけますから、よろしくお願いします。)
Its themes are dark and often profoundly upsetting, however, it is the balance and highlighting of the love of her mother and father — in their joint strength and pride, regardless of their traumatic predicament — that crafts a superb feature