Filmrecensies van Victor Fraga

Deeply poetic Swiss documentary about Jamaican trans woman excels in inventiveness. Recensie

Moroccan prepubescent teens fight for survival on the deserted streets of Spanish exclave Melilla, in this cold and distant Swiss-French documentary. Recensie

Two tormented young women bond through their afflictions and pains, in this unusually structured Portuguese drama. Recensie

Italian teen dreams of eloping to a distant land with a slightly older man, in this twisted queer coming-of-age drama. Recensie

Ukrainian man returns to his precarious countryside village in order to tend his sick mother, in this beautiful yet monotonous riff on departure. Recensie

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Dani Rosenberg’s third feature film makes a subtle yet unequivocal anti-war statement without slipping into didacticism and pamphleteering. Recensie

Raju Jude presents his unsightly, messy and completely bonkers new movie, a caustic satire of a Romania intoxicated by film wizardry. Recensie

This is a film that will make you smile, even gently shake your hips, however it will neither enrapture nor hit you. Recensie

Three very different women fight for their perceived home, in this exquisite allegory of Dutch colonial relations in Indonesia at the turn of the century. Recensie

Artist and audience forge a toxic, love-hate relationship, in Quentin Dupieux's dirty, hilarious tribute to the (movie) theatre. Recensie

While visually bewitching, Slimane also feels loose and fragmented. Perhaps that too was a creative choice, providing the movie with an otherworldly, enigmatic aura. Either way, I look forward to seeing Pereira fully develop his language and vision, and author his first feature film. Recensie

Young Brazilian filmmakers Leandro Goddinho and Paulo Menezes have created a film that’s uncomfortably funny to watch. Recensie

Gerwig hilariously mocks toxic masculinity, conformity, consumerism and even American pop culture. The design, costumes, art direction are as impeccable as Barbie’s hair and attire. You will feel like you have been transported into a toy world. Recensie

Futile, inept young dancer and his new, exciting stepmother develop an intense relationship full of surprises - British cringe comedy with elements of kitchen sink. Recensie

Completely bonkers, female-made Asian horror about schoolgirl slowly morphing into a tiger neither scares nor astounds viewers. Recensie

A "half-blood" Chilean, a Brit and an American are hired by a powerful landowner in order to decimate the indigenous people of remote Tierra del Fuego, in Southern Chile, in this enigmatic metaphor of the country's complex identity... Recensie

Resolute and unyielding teen moves in with her father and stepmother following her mother's premature death, in this credible tale of grief and rejection. Recensie

Filthy-queer-radical metafictional dramedy about suicidal Chilean filmmaker living in Mexico is hilarious, sexy, gruesome and tense in equal measures. Recensie

The Persian Version boasts a fascinating real-life story with enough twists and turns to make even the most skilled of drivers dizzy. Recensie

Despite the relative darkness of the sauna, these women emanate enough hope and joie-de-vivre to illuminate up even the murkiest of hearts. Recensie

A mine worker refuses to accept the fast and explosive changes that have befallen his community - quiet and meditative German drama. Recensie

This is a sweet little comedy that will put a smile on your face and make you chuckle. Recensie

An Iranian and a Romanian student reflect on the repercussions of the revolutions in their own nations, in this clever and moving documentary consisting entirely of archive footage. Recensie