Category: Sundance Film Festival
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All entries on SUNDANCE 2026 [SUNDANCE 2026] โThe Pleasure Principal: A Conversation on Wregas Bhanutejaโs Levitatingโ by Nirris Nagendrarajah & Wregas Bhanuteja Wregas Bhanuteja (director), Levitating, 2026. 119 min. INTRODUCTION Nirris Nagendrarajah Levitating, the third feature by the Indonesian filmmaker…
![[SUNDANCE 2026] โThe Pleasure Principal: A Conversation on Wregas Bhanutejaโs ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐๐โ by Nirris Nagendrarajah & Wregas Bhanutejaย ย](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-2.png?w=680)
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All entries on SUNDANCE 2026 [SUNDANCE 2026] โJosef Kubota Wladyka’s Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!: A Bird, a Body, and the Illusion of Depthโ by Nirris Nagendrarajah Josef Kubota Wladyka (director), Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, 2026. 122 min. In Ha-Chan, Shake…
![[SUNDANCE 2026] “Josef Kubota Wladyka’s ๐ป๐-๐ถโ๐๐, ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ก๐ฆ!: A Bird, a Body, and the Illusion of Depth” by Nirris Nagendrarajah](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image.png?w=1000)
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[SUNDANCE 2026] “Rafael Manuel’s Filipiรฑana: Beneath the Manicured Surface” by Nirris Nagendrarajah
All entries on SUNDANCE 2026 [SUNDANCE 2026] โRafael Manuel’s Filipiรฑana: Beneath the Manicured Surfaceโ by Nirris Nagendrarajah Clickย HERE to readย all entries inย Chaย onย Filipiรฑana. Rafael Manuel (director), Filipiรฑana, 2026. 100 min. A successful short does not necessarily yield a successful feature. One…
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All entries on SUNDANCE 2026 [SUNDANCE 2026] โWounded Souls in Stephanie Ahn’s Bedford Parkโ by Nirris Nagendrarajah Stephanie Ahn (director), Bedford Park, 2025. 121 min. I did not like Celine Songโs Past Lives (2023), not for lack of desire to…
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All entries on SUNDANCE 2026 [SUNDANCE 2026] โThree Perspectives on a Haunting: Vera Miao’s Rock Springsโ by Nirris Nagendrarajah Vera Miao (director), Rock Springs, 2026. 97 min. Gracie, played by Aria Kim One leaves Rock Springs with two impressions: that…
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All entries on SUNDANCE 2026 [SUNDANCE 2026] โVisions of a Future Self: Kogonadaโs ziโ by Nirris Nagendrarajah Kogonada (director), zi, 2025. 199 min. In cinema, whenever I see a shot of the back of a characterโs head, I think of…
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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Katarina Zhu (director), Bunnylovr, 2025. 86 min. A webcam turns on: a white fishnet stocking appears up close, resembling a fenceโone that invites the possibility of being climbed, crossed,…
![[REVIEW] โThe Good Girl: On Katarina Zhuโs ๐ต๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฃ๐โ by Nirris Nagendrarajah](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/bunnylovr.jpg?w=1024)
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๐ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS๐ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Rohan Parashuram Kanawade (director), Sabar Bonda, 2025. 112 min. A death has already occurredโone that, over the ten days in which Sabar Bonda unfolds, will be mourned by a…
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