Savage Messiah: fictional biopic critical of British class system and hypocrisies
Ken Russell, “Savage Messiah” (1972) Idiosyncratic British director Ken Russell’s “Savage Messiah” is a fictional
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Dogs: a metaphor for the psychological and other effects of global war and violence
Mohammad Babakoohi, Jakob Bednarz, Benjamin Berrebi, Diego Cristofano, Théo Noble, Karlo Pavicic-Ravlic, Marthinus van Rooyen,
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Judy: a character study of a Hollywood legend destroyed by an exploitative industry manipulating people’s dreams and hopes
Rupert Goold, “Judy” (2019) Adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical stage drama “End of the Rainbow”,
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Out of Range: a study of character transformation through personal crisis and breakdown
Cécile Guillard, Lana Choukroune, Yijia Cao, “Out of Range” (2019) In the Gobelins animated universe,
The Lost Breakfast: amusing animation on how chaos invades and disrupts order and control through daily rituals
Q-rais, “The Lost Breakfast” (2015) Where some cartoonists treat the weekday early morning ritual of
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Birds of Passage: a generic fable of easy wealth and crime leading to doom given fresh life by an indigenous Colombian setting
Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, “Birds of Passage / Pájaros de Verano” (2018) In many ways,
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Pour la France: emphasising the common humanity of two opposed sides in their potential for mutual understanding and violence
Vincent Chansard, “Pour la France” (2019) Set in Paris during the so-called La Semaine Sanglante
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Hors Saison: a powerful character study of consequences arising from rash actions and interpersonal tensions
Nicolas Capitaine, Celine Desoutter, Lucas Durkheim, Leni Marotte, “Hors Saison / Out of Season” (2017)
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In Orbit: a distinctive visual style in telling a rough story about survivor guilt
Soham Chakraborty, Hanxu Chen, M Joffily, Justin Polley, Julie Trouve, “In Orbit” (2019) Similar to
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Blind Eye: a satirical poke in the eye at religious fanaticism, blind faith and priestly control
Bruno Cohen, Germaine Colajanni, Rohan Deshchougule, Ronit Kelkar, Isabella Littger de Pinho, Diego Porral, Yujia