The Last Viking – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Darkly humorous and absurd, the latest from Andres Thomas Jensen and his ensemble also has a human side. The Last Viking playsContinue Reading
Tag: Manchester Film Festival 2025
The End – Manchester Film Festival 2025
Fittingly drawing a close to Marie’s coverage from Manchester Film Festival 2025, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End sees a family of apocalypse survivorsContinue Reading
Transplant – Machester Film Festival 2025
Surgeon-in-training grasps the opportunity of a lifetime to learn from one of the most renowned surgeons in the country –Continue Reading
Cloud – Manchester Film Festival 2025
A young man with a side hustle in online reselling finds himself at the mercy of a disgruntled customer inContinue Reading
Aontas – Manchester Film Festival 2025
A reverse-chronology heist movie in the Irish language, Aontas is more a tale of personal tragedy than a thriller. But it’s worthContinue Reading
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
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