Bitter Bread – Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020 Review Rob Salusbury July 11, 2020 Reviews Abbas Fahdel's documentaries often center around humanitarian crises and the immense human suffering that warfare causes, most notably with his epic two-parter Homeland that explored life in Iraq before and...
Capernaum – Review Rhys Handley February 22, 2019 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 18/10/2018. Capernaum was an ancient city in what is now northern Israel on the sea of Galilee, thought to be the setting...
Capernaum – LFF 2018 Review Rhys Handley October 18, 2018 Reviews Capernaum was an ancient city in what is now northern Israel on the sea of Galilee, thought to be the setting for a string of Jesus’ miraculous feats of healing. No such easy fixes come for those who...
Short of the Week – Submarine Rhys Handley November 27, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/233685439 A community drifting apart can feel like the end of the world. This is usually an illusion in the mind. In Mounia Akl’s award-winning short, the decomposition of the...
Cel Mates: Waltz with Bashir Conor Morgan March 13, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Oscar-nominated Israeli animated documentary written and directed by Ari Folman. The film follows the director in his search to clarify to himself his role during the 1982 Lebanon...
