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The 20 best films of 2022 so far and more on Seventh Row recently
Hello Reader,
It's been a busy last few weeks at Seventh Row, so we wanted to let you know what you migtht have missed.
The 20 best films of 2022 so far
Published on August 22, 2022
Before the fall festival season begins, we took stock of the best films of the year so far. 15 of these are directed by women, and more than half are not in English. Most of them are still under-the-radar. We hope this will help you discover your new favourite film of the year!
Seventh Row's editors pick the twenty best films of 2022 so far, from Ali & Ava (Clio Barnard) to Fabian - Going to the Dogs (Dominik Graf) and more. We also let you know where to watch the films, most of which are now available on streaming or VOD.
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic on her film Murina
Published on August 18, 2022
Our Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney fell in love with this film at Cannes 2021, and so she put together an in-depth interview with the rising star writer-director. They talked last fall just after the TIFF's premiere before the press tour began for the film's release this year.
In this in-depth interview (including behind the scenes images direct from Kusijanovic!), Croatian filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic discusses her impressive Caméra d'Or winning feature, Murina, about the blurry line between girlhood and adulthood and a girl coping with abuse. It's one of the year's most impressive debuts.
Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse
Published on July 30, 2022
Our Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney covered Montreal's annual genre film festival earlier this summer, and discovered a couple of gems still seeking distribution that we recommend watching for at your local film festivals.
Japanese writer-director Daigo Matsui’s Just Remembering is a romance told in reverse order that not only acknowledges COVID but incorporates some sense of how it's changed our lives into the film's store.
Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons
Published on July 27, 2022
Animated films rarely get their due at most major film festivals (besides the Annecy Animation Festival) so we were delighted to discover this wonderful Portuguese film (still seeking North American distribution) at Fantasia. Watch for it at local festivals, as we're worried it might disappear.
The first animated feature out of Portugal, Nuno Beato's My Grandfather's Demons, uses digital and stop-motion animation to tell a story of intergenerational trauma on the border between reality and fairytale.
Best,
The Seventh Row Team
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