Reviews

• "Inspirational hardly covers it."

  Anthony Quinn - The Independent

• "A raging lament for Syria's disappeared" 

  Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

• "As nail-biting as any sports event this year"

  Mark Kermode

• "Powerful case against climate crisis fatigue"

  Cath Clarke - The Guardian

• "As heartwarming sports films go, this is right up there in Miracle territory."

  Monica Riese - Austin Chronicle

• "Compelling and empowering"

  Jacob Kennedy - The Up Coming

• "Best climate film I’ve seen since Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything"

  Allan Todd - Left Unity

• "Dahr never loses sight of her character’s strength and spirit"

  Patrick Mullen - POV Magazine

• "Ferocious competition, edge-of-your-seat tension and a life or death outcome"

  Liz Braun - Toronto Sun

• "If our best was all it took, I have no doubt he could do it."

  Jess Rogers - Cinema Axis

• "Fedda’s powerful documentary is a reminder of how important it is that the international community still cares about what is going on in Syria."

  Margareta Hruza - Modern Times Review

• "Decades of climate change debate can’t top the sobering sight of Kisilu Musya’s Kenyan farm first scorched by relentless sun and then drowned by flash floods."
  

  Peter Howell - Toronto Star

• “'Ayouni' takes its title from the Arabic word 'my eyes', which is both a term of endearment and in this case also a reference to the burden of bearing witness when the rest of the world has turned its eyes away."

  Peter Keough - Boston Globe

• "Feel good cinema event of the year"

  Geoff Wytcherley - Film News

• Monday’s TV Highlights

  Ed Stockly - Los Angeles Times

• "The Syrian regime disappeared their friend — the film Ayouni remembers him"

  Tim Molloy - MovieMaker

• "The Hartfords, thankfully, avoid many opportunities for sentimentality (...) they use the players’ histories with ping pong as windows into broader truths about aging."

  Hollywood Reporter

• "Going batty: the stars of over-80s table tennis"

  Sally Williams - The Telegraph

• "Life or death for the ping pong pensioners"

  Ruby Millington - Express

• "Hartford's polished pic is a crowdpleaser that's already gotten theatrical release in the U.K. and Canada while touring the fest circuit."

  Dennis Harvey - Variety