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Sands Film Festival

19 April – 21 April 2024

In Camera
In Camera

This year's festival will run from April 19 to 21. Among the guests will be Stephen Soderbergh, the Russo brothers and Karen Gillan. It will open with In Camera.

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Latest reviews

  • Orlando, My Political Biography
    Review preview for Orlando, My Political Biography

    Capturing the experience of living in a world where one’s gender doesn’t fit better than almost any other film to date, Preciado’s work is all about claiming space and present day narrative.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
  • Mami Wata
    Review preview for Mami Wata

    Using very simple props, Obasi constructs a whole world in this small coastal location.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
  • In Camera
    Review preview for In Camera

    By the end you might not only ask yourself if someone is losing their marbles but whose marbles, in fact, are the ones that are being lost.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
  • Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
    Review preview for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

    This is a place of cleansing, not just of the body but so much more as this non-intrusive but immersive film gradually reveals.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
  • Sometimes I Think About Dying
    Review preview for Sometimes I Think About Dying

    The film wonderfully captures the dynamics of workplace small talk.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
  • Wolfwalkers
    Review preview for Wolfwalkers

    The seamless, flowing quality of the animation is what will capture older viewers' attention first - and hold it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Animation set in the Ireland of the Cromwell period, when a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland to wipe out the last pack... only to discover the magical world of the wolfwalkers.
  • Welcome To Collinwood
    Review preview for Welcome To Collinwood

    Does not live up to its promise, but is worthy of encouragement, nevertheless.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A group of hapless crooks attempt to pull off the perfect heist in Cleveland.

Features

  • Command performance
    Naqqash Khalid on modern masculinity, blank slates and 'anti-acting' in his debut In Camera
  • Heat and light
    Anna Hints on capturing the soul of the Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
  • The eyes have it
    Svend Rothmann Bonde and Maria Pareja on animating the wolves in Wolfwalkers

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