News — Son-Mother

Film Review: Son-Mother (Pesar-Madar) (2019) - Iran [HKIFF45] Reviewed as part of 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 18/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Iranian cinema goes dark and the sense of constant hopelessness of the country’s state of being is added with deeper unresolved misery. Such is the premises of “Son-Mother”, by feature film debutant Director Mahnaz Mohammadi and written by veteran and the assuming Mohammad Rasoulof (“Manuscripts Don’t Burn” and “A Man of Integrity”). There is...

Festival Report: 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 (Updated Daily) Written and reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle Of Australia) as part of coverage of the festival Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 17/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Photo Credits - HKIFF Day 1 - Opening Ceremony - 45th HKIFF The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival kicked off in a cosy yet relatively low key fashion at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on April 1, 2021. With the initial grand opening film - “When the Wind Rises” being pulled...