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Miskolc International Film Festival

9 September – 18 September 2016

Three Colours: Blue opened the festival
Three Colours: Blue opened the festival

Celebrating its 13th edition in 2016, the festival will screen classics including opening film Three Colours: Blue - with Juliette Binoche attending the festival. They will present a lifetime achievement award to Károly Makk, screening Another Way and Love and hosting a masterclass with the Hungarian filmmaker. Nineteen films will compete in the international competition.

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  • Under Construction
    Review preview for Under Construction

    Hossain allows Roya to embrace her freedom, showing intimate details of an affair that is allowed to have a much more positive impact on her life than is more often the case on film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A modern Muslim woman struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh.
  • It's Not The Time Of My Life
    Review preview for It's Not The Time Of My Life

    Directors looking for inspiration in how to get things done on a budget, could take a leaf out of Szabolcs Hajdu's book.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Family tensions rise after an unexpected visit.
  • That Trip We Took With Dad
    Review preview for That Trip We Took With Dad

    It may look and, even on family terms, feel nostalgic but Lazarescu makes sure we're aware of the tough choices facing her characters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A Romanian-German family make a journey from Arad in Romania to the German Democratic Republic.
  • Equals
    Review preview for Equals

    A ragbag of cliches that owe a debt to everything from Romeo and Juliet to THX 1138.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated but where a genetic glitch means some people can still fall in love.
  • Aquarius
    Review preview for Aquarius

    The closer the glance at the specifics, the more universal the plight becomes.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A retired music critic is the last resident of a building targeted by developers - she becomes engaged in a cold war of sorts with the company.
  • Nightlife
    Review preview for Nightlife

    The use of handheld camera is more distracting than immersive and gives the film a dated air, while the script refuses to dig beyond surface accusations and hand-wringing about the state of society.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The lives of a wealthy married couple radically change in an instant. While the husband is in critical condition after an accident that occurred under strange circumstances, the wife tries to understand the situation and to salvage what she can.
  • Certain Women
    Review preview for Certain Women

    Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Triptych of stories about women in small-town America.
  • Elle
    Review preview for Elle

    Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A successful video game boss aims to track down her attacker after a home invasion.
  • Train To Busan
    Review preview for Train To Busan

    As befits a film set on a rapid commuter train, the pace rarely lets up.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A train journey is complicated by the presence of the living dead.
  • Elvis & Nixon
    Review preview for Elvis & Nixon

    Dangerously thin on purpose

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Elvis goes to the White House to ask the President to make him a Federal Agent At Large.

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