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South by Southwest · 2019

South by Southwest 2019

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4 films · 1 review

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Aurora

Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, meets Iranian Darian one night at a hot-dog stand in Lapland. Darian is running from death and Aurora is running from love.

(Country: Finland; Director: Miia Tervo; Writer: Miia Tervo; Stars: Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Amir Escandari)

Being Impossible (Yo, Imposible)

A young woman discovers she was submitted to several surgeries to 'correct' her intersex body as a baby. She has to find her own self outside gender binaries.

(Country: Venezuela, Colombia; Year: 2018; Director: Patricia Ortega; Writer: Enmanuel Chávez, Patricia Ortega; Stars: Belkis Avilladares, Lucía Bedoya, María Elena Duque)

Days Of The Whale

Two young graffiti artists defy a criminal gang when they decide to paint over a threat, written in a wall, a mural of a whale.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2018; Director: Catalina Arroyave Restrepo; Writer: Catalina Arroyave Restrepo)

Vai

Review preview for Vai

The first thing that stands out about the film is the ease with which we can recognise Vai despite her being played by a different actress each time.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A portmanteau feature film by nine female Pacific filmmakers and filmed on seven Pacific islands. It is about the journey of empowerment through culture over the lifetime of one woman, Vai.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2019; Director: Becs Arahanga, Amberley Jo Aumua, Matasila Freshwater, Dianna Fuemana, Miria George, Ofa Guttenbeil, Marina McCartney, Nicole Whippy, Sharon Whippy)

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