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Venice Film Festival · 2025

Venice Film Festival 2025

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2 films · 2 reviews

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Inside Amir

Review preview for Inside Amir

It may be episodic but its themes are so well connected that it never feels disjointed.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Drama revolving around the life of a young man on the verge of emigrating from Tehran to southern Italy.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Amir Azizi; Writer: Amir Azizi; Stars: Amirhossein Hosseini, Nader Pourmahin, Hadis Nazari, Nariman Farrokhi, Pirouz Nemati, Sohrab Mahdavi)

Short Summer

Review preview for Short Summer

Just as the sun dapples down through the trees, so the shadows of war creep in at the margins.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
An eight-year-old spends summer with her grandparents as the distant echoes of war make their presence felt.

(Country: Germany, France, Serbia; Year: 2025; Director: Nastia Korkia; Writer: Nastia Korkia, Mikhail Bushkov; Stars: Maiia Pleshkevich, Yakov Karykhalin, Aleksandr Karpushin)