Petite Maman (2021): 8-year-old Nelly meets a girl playing in the forest – her own mother, age 8. Céline Sciamma‘s subtle magical realist approach to mother-daughter relationship allows both women to say things as children they cannot say as adults. Sad, cheerful by turns (Mubi).
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Hive (2021, dir. B. Basholli): Rare cinematic glimpse of Kosovo and fascinating portrait of a widow struggling to build a business and a life for herself after war. In a town where men are determined to control women, she perseveres even as others accept restrictive gender roles.
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