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Reviews 2025

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Published

8 May 2025

Reviews 2025

As the reviews start coming through, take a look at some of the coverage of the 20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2025:

E-Flux Criticism

20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival

by Daisy Hildyard

A film still showing a close-up of several people in an intense, physical moment. One person, dressed in light blue, is being held or supported by others whose hands are visible on their neck and shoulders. The image conveys a sense of urgency or emotional tension, with soft focus and muted lighting.

A Whore in the House of the Lord • Ayanna Dozier • United States • 2025 • World Premiere

“Amid all the violence that made itself apparent in this year’s program, something very different kept coming up: a delicate, ultra-close relationship with the human body’s barest gestures.”