Review: The Golden Cockerel
A trumpet blares – tremolo builds, anticipation hovers. The mesh background drips starlight as the orchestra drifts downward in a minor key. A soldier glares at the audience, and I find myself in an enchanted world somewhat reminiscent of our own. An astrologer takes the stage. There is a deceptiv
Stories from Ukraine: Mezhyhirya Part I
Mezhyhirya is an estate on the outskirts of Kyiv where former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, lived. When he fled Ukraine at the end of the Maidan protests in 2014, protestors entered his house and occupied it. This film is about the two people who are still there, now running the house as a
Where Russia meets Rusholme
Down an unassuming side-street of Rusholme, not far from some of the university campuses, an onion-shaped dome stands proud against the cloudy Mancunian sky. Rusholme is itself a vibrant melting pot of different, cultures, demographics and attitudes: students wandering between the hipster bars and c
