Prize-winning film about Mennonites comes to London

Mexican director Carlos Reygadas’ latest film, Silent Light, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May, will be released in London this Friday 7th of December. The language is Low German. The film takes place entirely in a Mennonite community in...

Zimbabwean orphans launch bid for Christmas Number One

A unique recording of a traditional Shona lament and a Western Christmas carol is entering the race for this year’s Christmas Number One. The single – Makandifira/Silent Night – features a 30-strong Zimbabwean children’s choir, all of them...