Farnoosh Samadi’s blistering thriller Between Dreams and Hope captures the compromises of a young trans man navigating the difficulties of modern-day Iran.
Between Dreams and Hope. Between Risk and Compromise.

Exploring the Outer Edge of Film
Farnoosh Samadi’s blistering thriller Between Dreams and Hope captures the compromises of a young trans man navigating the difficulties of modern-day Iran.
Noomi Rapace is highly forbidding as the Saint of the Peripheries in Mitevska’s Mother Teresa biopic, yet this seven-day narrative ends up disappointing.
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Dry Leaf, Alexandre Koberidze’s much anticipated follow up to What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?, is another meandering exploration of family and football.
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