Looking at patriarchy and social norms in Kosovo in the wake of war,
the meditative pacing and sensitive direction of Blerta Basholli’s Hive allow it to be inspirational without moralising.
The synopsis makes it sound like an arthouse parody of John Wick – but Pig is also a serious and meditative film about our relation to food, grief and each other.
In Andy Goddard’s 2016 adaptation, the precarious line between fantasy and reality is explored within a murky landscape of moral ambiguity in small-town Texas.
Director Brian Song explores love and grief through the story of a largely-unknown 1979 plane crash, which decimated Uzbekistan’s FC Pakhtakor Tashkent.
