Sameblod follows the story of Sami (native Scandinavian, also ‘Lappish’) teenager Elle-Marja who wants to go further than what her village Sami school can offer her. She wants to… Read More
Category: MIFF
Review: Hotel Salvation / Kena
This film was wonderful, to put it plainly. Framed in the lavish State Theatre (which I was late to, as I’d rocked up to the Capitol Theatre 8 minutes before… Read More
Review: Phantom Boy / Kena
J’aime cinema de la France! I apologise to all French people who may be reading this – I have no idea how that is supposed to be spelt or if… Read More
Review: Phantom Boy / SFF / Bill
From Academy-award nominated animators Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, Phantom Boy tells the story of Leo (voiced by Gaspard Gagnol), a very sick child stuck in hospital who can send… Read More
Review: From Nowhere / Tiana
With increasing relevance in a world where our basic empathy towards one another is often disrupted due to social constructs, persuasive political agendas and ignorance, From Nowhere delicately humanizes and… Read More