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Film Review: The Other Side of Everything

Yugoslavia, or more pertinently, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was established as a central European communist ideal in 1945. Comprising Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia and Montenegro,…

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Film Review: Devil’s Freedom

Documentaries can serve as many things but one of their most important roles is that of providing testimony. Not every atrocity can be captured on camera. There are many different…

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Film Review: Between Land and Sea

The sea has long proved an obsession for man. Writers, poets and musicians have drawn inspiration from, and been guided by, their relationship with bodies of water for centuries. Some…

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Film Review: Hondros

As Western consumers, our knowledge and understanding of far flung wars is driven by coverage from war correspondents. However, in a world riddled with conflict and overflowing with professional and…

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Film Review: A Suitable Girl

It must be an absolute nightmare for teenagers growing up in a world of social media, Snapchat, Tinder and Grindr. Everything we do or say nowadays can be instantly captured…

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Film Review: The Cinema Travellers

It’s easy to take for granted how readily available films are nowadays. My city, for example, has four multiplexes and two independent cinemas. Then there’s special events and local cinema…

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Film Review: Trophy

There are more predators in South Africa now than one hundred years ago. This is the contradiction at the heart of Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz’s new film Trophy. Like…

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