A subtly impactful short film which comes highly recommended.

This film immediately struck me as feminist by design, with, if I may say, undertones of misandry.

Simon Liu’s ironically titled, Happy Valley, is a film about his native Hong Kong and its attitude of perseverance in the face of adversity.

In Basir Mahmood’s film, we are given a meta-cinematic approach to the subject of domestic violence.

Watching the introduction to Mateo Vega’s There Is A Ghost Of Me was like revisiting German Expressionist filmmaking, albeit on acid.

I took the message of the film to be that, naturally, domestic abuse needs to be rid of its anonymity.

The IFFR has become one of the largest audience and industry-driven film festivals in the world, and is always at the cutting edge in terms of its output.