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Wales One World Film Festival — A–Z of films

2012

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  • Acacias
    Review preview for Acacias

    Las Acacias is a slow subtle film which focuses on the interaction of the three main characters within the bubble of the truck's cab.

    Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
    A truck driver agrees to transport a woman and her baby, not anticipating the change it may bring to his quiet life.
  • Amigo
    Review preview for Amigo

    A beautifully observed study of a small community remaining united in the face of seismic shifts.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    Set during the American-Philippine war as the head of a bario has to answer to both the Americans and the Filipino patriots, with deadly consequences.
  • Breathing
    Review preview for Breathing

    Unfortunately, the strong performances and engaging visuals come together to form a film that ultimately seems to lack direction.

    Lindis Kipp · 3.5 out of 5
    A troubled young man on day release from prison takes a job in a morgue and is inspired to go looking for the mother who abandoned him as a baby.

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  • The Forgotten Space
    Review preview for The Forgotten Space

    Tthere are about six or seven fascinating shorts competing for attention here, and Burch and Sekula’s respective backgrounds pull the film one way and then the other, never quite settling into a structurally or aesthetically consistent framework.

    Michael Pattison · 2.5 out of 5
    Film essay documenting fishermen's working conditions and sea trade.

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  • Position Among The Stars
    Review preview for Position Among The Stars

    The family are captivating subject matter, the strong personalities frequently tugging in different directions, so that the film is never short of drama.

    Emma Slawinski · 3.5 out of 5
    The effects of globalisation in Indonesia’s rapidly changing society ripple into the life of a poor Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta with her Muslim sons and teenage granddaughter.

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  • Surviving Life
    Review preview for Surviving Life

    The gradual slip into tragedy in the film's last few reels offer up a reeling pathos rare in a Svankmajer picture.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    Eugene prefers a life of dreams to everyday reality in surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer's extension of one of his own dreams.
  • Tales Of The Night
    Review preview for Tales Of The Night

    The effect is absorbing, like opening a wonderfully illustrated storybook.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Enchanting, magical tales told using silhouette animation and screened in 3D.
  • This Is Not A Film
    Review preview for This Is Not A Film

    There is a charm and grace to this 'not' film that mirrors all of Panahi's previous filmic masterpieces.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Jafar Panahi's postcard from Iran.
  • Unearthing The Pen
    Review preview for Unearthing The Pen

    This gentle, observational film comes as close as is possible to exploring its subject's world without passing judgement.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A bold young Karimojong boy digs in the ground to unearth a curse his tribal elders once put on education.

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  • When A Woman Ascends The Stairs
    Review preview for When A Woman Ascends The Stairs

    Comes across as a thoroughly modern film.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A middle aged hostess struggles to preserve her virtue as she faces financial difficulty and a critical life decision.
  • Where Do We Go Now?
    Review preview for Where Do We Go Now?

    Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.

    Lindis Kipp · 5 out of 5
    A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.