Nienke ‘s Gravemade’s Film Route

A gripping documentary that every parent, educator and anyone working with young people should see. As well as being visually clever in its construction, it paints an deeply sad and cynical picture of how social media can destroy lives when the algorithm takes a wrong turn.

A compelling documentary following lawyer Jennifer Robinson and three of her clients, all of whom became caught up in Me Too cases. Among those who speak out is the much-discussed and maligned Amber Heard. The film offers a revealing look at how the legal system is structured for women who are brave enough to break their silence.

This documentary about the brutal sexual violence inflicted on Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers during the invasion stayed with me for days. Every story equally powerful, the narration quiet and possessed of a macabre beauty. Deep respect for the resilience of the filmmaker and the women she followed for this project.

I am very much looking forward to this fiction film, about a shy teenager trying to discover his own sexuality in an environment where secrets or any sense of romance around sex are entirely absent. It is refreshing to experience this story from a male perspective, at a time when rigid forms of masculinity are increasingly being imposed on the young.