KOREA / LONDON

K-Music Festival 2024

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The lovely K-Music festival returned this year for yet another intriguing look at the rich musical landscape of South Korea. This year’s festival showcased its usual eclectic blend of ground breaking music for all musical taste.

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CANADA / CINEMA

Toronto International Film Festival 2024

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The hauntingly beautiful Ukrainian drama, “U are the Universe” and the Mexican documentary “The Freedom of Fierro”, a timely and unflinching look at America’s flawed criminal justice system.

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CINEMA

SUNDANCE 2024

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Shiori Ito’s seven years long battle was not simply a fight against Japan’s outdated justice system but also a battle against an entire culture, which seeks to protect powerful men.

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FILM

Homecoming, a Sami documentary at TIFF

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Two great films were screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Homecoming (Máhccan) by Suvi West and Anssi Kömi and A Road to a Village directed by Nabin Subba. Taken together they present a unique perspective of little-known worlds.

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BRITAIN / CULTURE

Taste the World at Womad 2023

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Taste the World is a space where musicians playing on the main stages at Womad are invited to come and have an informal chat as they cook a dish from their homeland interspersed with singing a few songs.

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CHINA / CINEMA

A Cinematic Odyssey

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The eclectic range of films featured in the Odyssey festival suggest that there is far more to Chinese cinema than lavish martial arts dramas. This festival shows us a country, which is just as quirky, confusing and complex as our own.

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MUSIC

Jacky Terrasson at the St Cannat Jazz Festival

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Terrasson makes you want to leap out of your seat and dance, the way he does while he is playing, occasionally jumping on his feet or tirelessly moving up and down the piano stool.

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