Alexey Kosenko's beautiful solo piano song Melancholy is a stunning contemporary piano piece built around a simple and deeply reflective melody. Gentle and understated, the composition carries a strong sense of introspection while maintaining a delicate quality throughout. Melancholy has found a substantial audience online and has also been used in figure skating, including a performance by...
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has revealed the full industry programme for its Red Sea Souk, the largest film market in the Arab region. The programme will take place from 6-10 December, welcoming over 160 exhibitors from over 45 countries to its marketplace, with a 20% increase in stands from the previous edition. The Souk offers an expanded lineup of...
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Inspired by the Croatian filmmakers of the 1960s and ’70s, City in Observation (directed by Audrey Whiteford-Woods) drifts through a modern European city as if it were half dream, half memory. Told through a reflective, almost meditative voiceover, the film invites you to observe—really observe—the world around you. Not just its architecture or...
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1957. In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, a young Jewish boy, Andor — raised by his mother with idealised tales of his deceased father — has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.
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Orphan is the chronicle of a child’s coming to terms with his own family history and his own self,...
Venice: After a fourteen-year absence, McElwee returns to filmmaking with an affecting tribute to his son’s life that doubles as a reflective, career-spanning culmination of his life’s work.
The Ninth Annual Teicholtz Film Festival
Posted by Robin Menken
Award -winning journalist, filmmaker and author Tom Teicholz founded The Teicholz Holocaust Film Series in 2016, at Holocaust Museum Los Angeles, named in memory of his parents. Teicholz hosts, curates and conducts the panel discussions for the hybrid in-person and online screenings and discussions. The festival plays...
The Ninth Annual Teicholtz Film Festival
Posted by Robin Menken
Award -winning journalist, filmmaker and author Tom Teicholz founded The Teicholz Holocaust Film Series in 2016, at Holocaust Museum Los Angeles, named in memory of his parents. Teicholz hosts, curates and conducts the panel discussions for the hybrid in-person and online screenings and discussions. The festival plays...
Report: 7th Edition of Bioscope Global Film Festival 2025 – A Grand Celebration of Independent Cinema by © film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) dated 29.07.2025
The 7th edition of the Bioscope Global Film Festival (BGFF) was successfully held in Cuttack from 24th July to 26th July 2025, establishing itself once again as India's biggest showcase for independent cinema. Organized...
Report: 7th Edition of Bioscope Global Film Festival 2025 – A Grand Celebration of Independent Cinema by © film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) dated 29.07.2025
The 7th edition of the Bioscope Global Film Festival (BGFF) was successfully held in Cuttack from 24th July to 26th July 2025, establishing itself once again as India's biggest showcase for independent cinema. Organized...