Aïcha – Manchester Film Festival 2025
An opportunity to reinvent herself is placed in the lap of a young Tunisian woman following an accident. Aïcha plays at ManchesterContinue Reading
Category: Manchester Film Festival
Universal Language – Manchester Film Festival 2025
Set in a Winnipeg where somehow everyone speaks Farsi, Universal Language is an absurd comedy/drama from Matthew Rankin, which was Canada’s submissionContinue Reading
Last Swim – Manchester Film Festival 2025
A bright young British-Iranian student heads out with friends on their last day of school life. A full day isContinue Reading
Motel Destino – Manchester Film Festival 2025
Marie’s Manchester Film Festival 2025 gets underway in a Brazilian sex-motel, full of neon lighting and … erm … sounds.Continue Reading
The Teachers’ Lounge / Das Lehrerzimmer – MANIFF 2024
An outstanding performance from Leonie Benesch in Ilker Çatak’s German-language Oscar-nominated The Teachers’ Lounge / Das Lehrerzimmer is another in the lineContinue Reading
The Convert – MANIFF 2024
A lay minister’s battle-scarred past draws him into unanticipated bloody conflicts upon his arrival in 19th century New Zealand. StarringContinue Reading
Lakelands – MANIFF 2023
A moving film set in the Irish midlands, which reflects on men struggling to find a way to express theirContinue Reading
We Might As Well Be Dead – MANIFF 2023
Dropped into this enclosed community with no introduction, it doesn’t take long before the absurdities come to light. A loneContinue Reading
Cairo Conspiracy – MANIFF 2023
An espionage thriller set in Egypt’s most prestigious university for the study of Islam, Cairo Conspiracy is tense, engaging, and not entirelyContinue Reading
Chevalier – MANIFF 2023
If you, like many, have not come across Joseph Bologne before, then Chevalier is an entertaining introduction to this 18th-century violin virtuoso,Continue Reading