LFF Review: Fragments of Paradise
Although the Lumière brothers are widely credited as the pioneers of what has become modern cinema, there wasn’t just one event, or film, which brought motion pictures to life. It…
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LFF Review: Under the Fig Trees
In many ways, workplaces seem to have their own ecosystems. Their unique hierarchies and relationship dynamics. There are the obvious power structures within any organisation, from the top down, which…
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LFF Review: Hinterland
At one stage during the early part of the nineteenth century, The Austrian Empire was the third biggest in Europe. That was before several wars, revolution, and an awkward compromise…
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LFF Review: Petrov’s Flu
On 25 December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his position as the President of the Soviet Union. He handed over the reins of power to Boris Yeltsin and in doing…
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LFF Review: Juju Stories
We humans seem to be a really superstitious species. As civilisations have evolved and progressed these ‘old wives’ tales’ have gradually died out. Replaced by advances in science and medicine.…
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LFF Review: The Gravedigger’s Wife
Djibouti is the smallest nation in mainland Africa. Despite recent economic growth, largely driven by its strategic location on the Red Sea and a large service sector, almost half the…
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LFF Review: The Neutral Ground
The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on 25 May 2020 was the catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests which erupted across the United States and beyond.…
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LFF Review: Shepherd
Although this applies to some of us more than others, as humans we are social animals. We yearn for the company of others, to forge friendships and make our own…
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LFF Review: The Sea Ahead
Lebanon is a country in an existential crisis. Today, the currency has all but collapsed and inflation spirals out of control. While fuel shortages have made normal life all but…
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LFF Review: Babi Yar. Context
Babi Yar is a ravine in Kiev. Its bloody past has afforded it a place in the darkest days of history. Over the course of the 29th and 30th September,…
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