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
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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 Falconer – MANIFF 2022
Two young men from very different backgrounds have their friendship severely tested by, of all things, a bird of prey. TheContinue Reading
Misha – MANIFF 2021 Opening Night
Misha, the opening film of Manchester Film Festival (MANIFF) 2021 is interesting and raises more questions than it answers. ButContinue Reading
Kids Run: Manchester Film Festival Review 2020
After a run of light-hearted or comedic German films at Manchester Film Festival (MANIFF), the final offering in the DasContinue Reading
100 Things – Meet the Filmmakers
Although written by, directed by and starring Florian David Fitz, 100 Things – which played as part of the DasContinue Reading
Cold Feet: Manchester Film Festival Review 2020
The Das Kino strand of the Manchester Film Festival (MANIFF) continues with Cold Feet, a light-hearted romantic comedy which alsoContinue Reading
100 Things: Manchester Film Festival Review 2020
A buddy comedy that pokes around at questions of consumerism and what makes us who we are is the secondContinue Reading