Eye for Film

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

This 12-minute short film from Sergei Loznitsa feels like a bite-sized companion piece to his Cannes-screened The Invasion, which immersed us in many of life’s rituals in Ukraine – notably births, marriages and deaths – under the shadow of Russian aggression. Death is, in a way, on display, as we spend a few minutes in the company of children and their guide at Kyiv’s Natural History Museum. It begins with talk of bombings from the staff taking shelter after a warning.

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

How To Train Your Dragon and Deep Cover in Tribeca line-up as full list of features announced Photo: Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Tribeca Film Festival announced its main feature line-up yesterday, with films including Miley Cyrus' Something Beautiful, described as a "visual album" companion piece to her album of the same name and Mariska Hargitay's documentary about her mother Jayne Mansfield.

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Paul Risker

The Ugly Stepsister Photo: courtesy of IFC Films Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt's feature debut, The Ugly Stepsister (Den Stygge Stesøsteren), reimagines the Cinderella story with a satirical bite and a violently dark and potentially nauseating twist. Set in a kingdom built upon superficial beauty, the story follows Elvira's (Lea Myren) attempts to earn the prince's affection. To do so, she will have to compete with the more beautiful Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss).

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Amber Wilkinson

Rand Beiruty transports us into the life of Ahlam, a survivor of child marriage, as she recounts her flight from Iraq, which thanks to animation means not just reproducing her physical steps but putting us into her headspace. It’s a technique that has been increasingly employed recently, most notably in animated feature Flee, and it has the advantage of not only adding an additional psychological dimension to the testimony but also ensuring the anonymity of the speaker is protected.

1 week ago | eyeforfilm.co.uk | Jennie Kermode

They crop up all around the world, the special places where everybody wants to claim they lived, after the fact. London’s Soho, New York City’s Lower East Side, Friedrichshain in Berlin – places where people like that were afraid to be when it was really happening.