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Yile Vianello in a still from ‘AGON’ by Giulio Bertelli, photo courtesy of The Match Factory

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be champions: Giulio Bertelli's 'AGON' gives an unprecedented insight into women's sport

E. Nina Rothe August 30, 2025

This stunning film, which packs a punch and relentlessly holds on to the viewer, until you realize you may have just run out of breath, world premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival in the 40th edition of Critics’ Week, one of the festival’s parallel section.

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In Film, review, Film Festivals Tags Giulio Bertelli, AGON, Critics’ Week, Venice Film festival, Ludoj, Yile Vianello, Sofija Zobina, Alice Bellandi, Olympians, Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, The Match Factory, Prada, Miu Miu Women's Tales, Miuccia Prada, Michela Cescon, Francesco Acquaroli, Chiara Caselli, Louis Hofmann, Max Brun, Jules Daly, Stella Rossa Savino, Joe Anton, Pietro Caracciolo, Matthew E. Chausse, Mauro Chiarello, Ludovica Ferrario, Marco Alzari, Tommaso GalloneFrancesco Roma, Tom Wheatley, trailer
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Peace is a co-production: Amos Gitai, Irene Jacob and Micha Lescot talk 'Why War' in Venice

E. Nina Rothe September 6, 2024

In his latest film, a crucial masterpiece titled ‘Why War’, Amos Gitai reminds us of an exchange of letters between Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychoanalysis, and Albert Einstein, the scientific genius. If only we’d listen to these brilliant men.

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In Features, Film, Interviews Tags A, Amos Gitai, Micha Lescot, Mathieu Amalric, Venice Film festival, Israel, Palestine, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Irene Jacob, Tel Aviv, Europe, Middle East, House, Barbican, London, Jérôme Kircher, Pablo Picasso, Guernica, Shikun, Olivier Assayas’s Hors du Temps, Malaise dans la civilisation, Virginia Woolf, The Three Guineas, Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others, Un point lumière flou, Evgenia Rudenko’s & Alexander Plank, The War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness, The Jewish War, Josephus Flavius, Maurice Ravel Kaddish, Benjamin Britten War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae - Lacrimosa dies illa, Alexey Kochetkov, Lament for Yitzhak, Aurora Sonora, Late Night Impro, Ernst Bloch, Schelomo, Louis Sclavis Kyoomars Musayyebi Simon, Markus Stockhausen, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice International Film Festival
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Soudade Kaadan's breathtaking 'Nezouh' finally opens in the UK on May 3rd

E. Nina Rothe April 29, 2024

This is definitely a film you won’t want to miss. And read on for a personal interview with the Syrian filmmaker to find out why.

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In Features, Interview, Interviews, Film Tags Soudade Kaadan, Nezouh, Venice Film festival, ICA, London, UK, Modern Films, mk2 Films, BFI, National Lottery, Film4, KAF Production, Agat Films & Cie, Berkeley Media Group, Damascus, Syria, Lebanon, Beirut, France, Vittorio De Sica, Matteo Garrone, Nizar Alani, Hala Zein, Kinda Alloush, Samer al Masri, The Day I Lost My Shadow, Aziza, Armani Beauty Audience Award, Gaziantep, Turkiye, Osman Özcan
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