Golden Globe Awards

On the night of December 5, 1986, returning from a jazz concert, Malik Oussekine (Adam Amara), a French Algerian student, was walking through the sixth arrondissement of Paris, where a student demonstration protesting a university reform law was taking place. The forces of order, led by a brigade of motorcycles, took him for a troublemaker as he fled in panic into the hallway of a building.

What an ass!Now, before a wave of condemnation descends upon this evaluation, be patient. This “ass” is an actual donkey and the endearing star of the Polish film EO, which captured the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s Beautiful Beings is a portrayal of how hard and turbulent life can be for a teenager developing into adulthood in a world where there is a lack of either support or role models. The film follows the teenage boy Addi (Birgir Dagur Bjarkason) as he befriends Balli (Áskell Einar Pálmason) after having seen him on national television.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a young filmmaker who loved three things — cars, movies, and Flash Gordon — was somewhat adrift in a strange universe. His generation was taking over the movie industry after the major studios had to redo their financial plans thanks to directors and actors going rogue and independent.

At its core, The Eight Mountains is a story about friendship. But, when taking in the beauty of the vast landscape it saturates itself in, it becomes a celebration of nature in all its majesty.

Acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has reached a turning point in international co-production after 2018’s Shoplifters received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2019, he cast the iconic French actresses Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, and prominent American actor Ethan Hawke to film Truth from an original screenplay.

The Kings of the World is Colombian director Laura Mora’s second feature film and a film about having or not having a safe place in the world. It takes place in the bustling city of Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, and follows the 19 year-old Ra (Carlos Andres Castaneda), who lives and hustles in the streets.

“Acting is not enough, really. What interested me was filmmaking.

Snow and bears are not immediately associated with Turkey. Maybe that’s the reason why writer-director-producer Selcen Ergun takes her time in introducing us to this seeming abnormality: in one long take we follow a car slithering through an expansive and uninviting winter scape, a tiny red dot on a white canvas.

The quickest way to send beachgoers bolting from the beach is to announce the arrival of a shark. But leave it to Steven Spielberg to discover the fastest way to entice filmgoers to flock to cinemas is to showcase that same said predator.