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  • Mimosas (2016)
    Review preview for Mimosas

    Mauro Herce's cinematography is stunning and merges perfectly with the soundscape created by Emilio García Rivas.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Faust meets Arabic myth in the Moroccan desert.
  • Zanka Contact (2020)
    Review preview for Zanka Contact

    The barest hooks of a narrative are here but stitched together with a lot of energy and stylish flourishes from cinematographer Benjamin Rufi.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    In hellish Casablanca, a car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise Rajae.

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