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Never Look Away

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Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime. From TMDB

65 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Jun 10, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works

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Never Look Away is a 2018 drama romance history film, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch and Paula Beer.

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  • Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.comBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    When NEVER LOOK AWAY considers the power of journalism to capture the horrors of war, its exceptional. My review via RogerEbert.

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  • TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2026

    The true, story of an incredible woman comes to vivid light in “Never Look Away”, the new film about Margaret Moth, a pioneering news camerawoman dedicated to documenting the civilian impact of war, who stared death in the face but refused to look away: www.youtube.com/watch?v=unoT...

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  • Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Lucy Lawless' first film is a stirring documentary about war photojournalist Margaret Moth, who lived a ferocious, complicated life. NEVER LOOK AWAY opens Friday.

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (with scenes from his film "Never Look Away") - BOTD

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  • YTSL @ytsl.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2025

    "Never Look Away" was first screened in Hong Kong at the 2019 Hong Kong International Film Festival and went on to have a theatrical run later that year... "Never look away" was a phrase I kept on returning to in my mind that year, when I so badly wanted the world's eyes to be on Hong Kong. 😔

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  • Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Lucy Lawless pays tribute to fearless war journalist Margaret Moth in documentary Never Look Away www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/never... #filmsky 🎬

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  • Maddie @maddiewhittle.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2023

    Very proud and excited to announce the lineup for “Never Look Away: Serge Daney’s Radical 1970s.” Mark your calendars and start reading! www.filmlinc.org/daily/never-...

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  • Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    Legend. (If you can see NEVER LOOK AWAY an incredible debut & bio film) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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  • William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2024

    Lucy Lawless makes her directorial debut with NEVER LOOK AWAY, a documentary about trailblazing warzone camerawoman Margaret Moth. Lawless makes some bold choices but the material, and sometimes the lack thereof, makes the film a bit difficult.

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  • giant pokemon nerd enthusiast @nubreed.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    6. And this one, for the movie of my HEART. Never Look Away - #SpaceSweepers This is my love letter to Kim Taeho who stole my heart and sent me hurtling into #SongJoongki hyperobsession from which I have not returned. I adore Vienna Teng and and this man's face so. #KMovie #selfvidrecs #vidding

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  • AMovieGuy.com @amovieguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    I’m a big fan of documentaries and Lucy Lawless’ film Never Look Away is one of my favorites of 2024. Read my review: amovieguy.com/2024/12/neve...

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  • Kat Hughes @kathughes.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    Way back during Sundance London I grabbed a Zoom call with Xena Warrior Princess aka Lucy Lawless to discuss her documentary debut NEVER LOOK AWAY which releases in UK cinemas on 2nd December. And yes, Ratchet did gatecrash it. www.thehollywoodnews.com/2024/11/21/l...

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  • Phoef Sutton @phoefsutton.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2024

    Thoughts on NEVER LOOK AWAY (2018) One the century’s best films. An epic tale of Germany from the 1930s to the 1960s. Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It portrays the creative process better than any film I’ve ever seen.🎥

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  • matyd.bsky.social @matyd.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 6, 2026

    And she has a show on right now (available on Acorn) My Life is Murder that is really well done and fun AND she directed her first movie a, docu called Never Look Away, a year ago. On-going viable career AND a great, down to Earth human being! Now, who is this Kevin Sorbet?

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  • Irina Petrova @gi44.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2025

    The film Never Look Away has qualified and was officially considered by the Film Academy in the Best Documentary category for the Oscar 2024. Unfortunately, he was not included in the list of nominees @reallucylawlesshq.bsky.social 😍🥰❤💕😘

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  • Australian Film Critics Association @auscritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    AFCA members don't just write reviews, they do interviews too. Here's Nadine Whitney talking to Lucy Lawless about her film Never Look Away.

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Never Look Away - Ottawa Premiere screenings on November 22, 25, 28! “Ms Lawless here announces herself as a filmmaker to watch...is an excellent debut.” (In Their Own League) “a fascinating documentary about a fascinating woman.” (Film Threat) mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/never-...

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  • Jason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2024

    Never Look Away isdirected by Lucy Lawless. www.nziff.co.nz/2024/otepoti... #film #nziff #documentary

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  • Lane Law @lanelaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    Favorite Movie(s) Right This Second. Never Look Away (2024) Saw this last night at Austin Film Society. Amazing doc. It’ll mess you up. What’s yours? #filmsky #scriptsky #cinema

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  • Stef Young @steffyoung.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    One of my ‘heroes’. "Never Look Away" (2024), a feature film documentary from the New Zealand International Film Festival A force of nature and rebel, Moth was a camerawoman for CNN, lived on the edge both in her personal life and as a war zone correspondent. ondemand.arovideo.co.nz/film/never-l...

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  • Aviendha69 🦋🍁 🇨🇦 | ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂ @aviendha69.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    ‘Never Look Away’ Review: Lucy Lawless Directs Fascinating Documentary on Death-Defying Photojournalist Margaret Moth variety.com/2024/film/re... This doc is supposedly out since Nov 24th, theatres and streaming. I can't find it anywhere.

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  • Klippart @klippart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    Upcoming screenings of 'Never Look Away,' directed by Lucy Lawless, in the USA and Canada #LucyLawless #NeverLookAway Source: greenwichentertainment.com/film/never-l... Source: www.filmswelike.com/films/never-...

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  • Klippart @klippart.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2023

    Media release - via NZ Film Commission 'Lucy Lawless’ Debut Feature Never Look Away to Premiere at Sundance' Lucy Lawless said “I really wanted to tell New Zealanders the story of one of our least-known famous people. Now it seems the whole world ..." #LucyLawless www.nzfilm.co.nz/news/lucy-la...

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  • Klippart @klippart.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2023

    Lucy Lawless posted about her directorial debut of 'Never Look Away' at the Sundance, Film Festival which she is attending. #LucyLawless #Sundance #NeverLookAway #MargaretMoth

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  • Alexander Kanly Reynolds @ohaijustalex.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2025

    Also, I watched half of Never Look Away tonight. Do you remember the last time I posted about watching half a movie somewhere? I don’t, because this is not my normal behavior. 😭

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  • Sasseymills @sasseymills.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2025

    Another of the touring TIFF Film Circuit hit our local cinema today - Never Look Away, 2024 documentary directed by Lucy Lawless (yes, Zena), about CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth. #FilmSky #Documentary #Cinema

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  • AMovieGuy.com @amovieguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    I had the privilege of interviewing Lucy Lawless about her excellent new documentary Never Look Away. We talk being recognized as Xena, the importance of journalism, and the legacy of Margaret Moth. Watch it now: amovieguy.com/2024/11/lucy...

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    Old timey bulletin board for the week of November 22 - 28! -Never Look Away- "fascinating" (Film Threat) -Blitz- 4/4 Stars! (Observer) -New Nightmare- "brilliant" (The Washington Post) -The Substance- 5 Stars! (Time Out) -The Godfather Part II- 5 Stars! (Empire) -My Old Ass- 4/4 Stars! (Reel Talk)

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Fri Nov 22 - Thurs Nov 28! -Never Look Away- "excellent" (In Their Own League) -Blitz- 5 Stars! (The Telegraph) -Wes Craven's New Nightmare- "a great movie" (The Washington Post) -The Substance- 5 Stars! (Time Out) -The Godfather Part II- 5 Stars! (Empire) -My Old Ass- 4/4 Stars! (Reel Talk)

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  • Klippart @klippart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Never Look Away director Lucy Lawless will participate in Q&A's at the Monica Film Center following -the 7:30 PM screening on Saturday, November 23 -and the 5:10 PM screening on Sunday, November 24. #LucyLawless #NeverLookAway www.laemmle.com/theater/moni...

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  • Kait @kaitstrong.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2024

    Last day of this year's Sundance Film Festival! How's how I'm closing out another great year: BLACK BOX DIARIES EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS NEVER LOOK AWAY MALU

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  • Klippart @klippart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2024

    "NEVER LOOK AWAY" DIRECTOR LUCY LAWLESS | Film Threat Interviews #LucyLawess www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux8f...

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  • Jaime “Nightmare” Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    hey is NEVER LOOK AWAY (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) actually any good? You know, the surprise Best Cinematography Oscar nominee (Caleb Deschanel) of 2018? It's got a 7.7 on the IMDb but that could just be a lot of the same people who like the French film THE INTOUCHABLES etc.

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  • Alexander Kanly Reynolds @ohaijustalex.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    Film 119: Never Look Away (2018) 🎨 🎨 🎨 🎨 This is a beautiful and powerful film with a really inspiring monologue about why we make art and what memories are our emotional home. I still liked The Lives of Others better, but I’m v taken with Florian and wish he had more features to watch.

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  • Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2025

    Sorry to report that The Brutalist is a very bad film. Like someone tried to remake Never Look Away but forgot to add any characters or plot

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  • YTSL @ytsl.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2025

    Have you seen the director's* "Never Look Away"? Found that film equally, if not more, powerful. *I think Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was previously billed "just" as Florian Henckel

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  • memento mori (hot girl edition) @vpj.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    Just Watched: Never Look Away (2024). Very entertaining documentary - a function of its fascinating, exciting subject. Moth is a character you couldn't write because you'd be accused of going too far, of giving into fantasy. Some of the more "artistic " bits didn't quite land, but overall, great.

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  • The Cinephile Catalogue @cinemanyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    NEW DOCUMENTARIES OUT NOW 🦃 Bread & Roses A Photographic Memory Night is Not Eternal Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes Porcelain War The World According to Allee Willis Never Look Away Sabbath Queen Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (And More!) #Cinema #Film #MovieSky

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  • Brit Freeze @midwesttisbest.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    Good to hear! Some other film fest faves from this year I've not see enough folks talking about ... Sugarcane, Gaucho Gaucho, Never Look Away, Kneecap, It's What's Inside, Nocturnes

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  • The Boston Society of Film Critics @bsfc.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    For Boston Movie News, @vincensg.bsky.social reviewed Lucy Lawless’ new documentary NEVER LOOK AWAY.

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  • Anne Buchanan 🇨🇦 citizen, not owner. Canada is not a company. @abottawa.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    Saw the thought-provoking movie "Never Look Away" at the wonderful Mayfair Theatre yesterday. Great to see so many movies these days profiling real women. She was a very complicated soul who provided close ups on the all too many troubled parts of our world.

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  • Klippart @klippart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    Here's the page for #NeverLookAway which screens at the Vancouver International Film Festival from November 22-December 6. #LucyLawless viff.org/whats-on/nev...

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  • anarchists4palestine @anarchists4pal.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2024

    🍉WE WILL NEVER LOOK AWAY🍉 🎬 Film screening: A Fidai Film 🗓️ #b0109 1.9.2024 19:00 NewYorck Bethanien 📽️ Experimental Docu, Palestine 2024, 78min, lang: arab eng hebr, sub: eng Israeli Army Beirut 1982 invasion - exploration of memory & resistance ℹ️ anarchists4palestine.noblogs.org

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  • Phil Edwards @PhilEdwardsMastodon · May 20, 2024

    Never Look Away – The Lucy Lawless directed documentary about journalist Margaret Moth gets a UK premiere. Details here https://bit.ly/4bC9yK0 #NeverLookAway #documentary #LucyLawless #MargaretMoth #Sundance #SundanceLondon

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  • Devan Scott @dagscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2024

    Stealing this from a Discord convo: I was watching NEVER LOOK AWAY (not an otherwise good movie) and was reminded how the weird dichotomy that pop cinema has gotten into between low-contrast, flat digital images and "WE USED FILM I SWEAR" aesthetic tics is totally false.

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  • Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2024

    "It’s an intense and frustrating process, in which a lot of things are not in your control. It captures your heart and soul" - Lucy Lawless on directing for the first time, telling the story of combat journalist Margaret Moth in Never Look Away www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2024...

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  • Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2024

    Lucy Lawless' directorial debut, NEVER LOOK AWAY, is an interesting look from Sundance 2024 at a camerawoman's and the impacts the things we do have on each other

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  • 🦋Letty. C🦋 @lettyus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2024

    NEVER LOOK AWAY a documentary film of Margaret Moth by my beloved Lucy Lawless! I can’t wait to watch, you deserved love @realluculawless.bsky.social

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  • angela hudson jones @angelahudsonjones.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2023

    agreed… “Lives of Others” is a stellar film. this is why i was curious about “Never Look Away”. i was stunned by the awfulness of it. after suffering through the entire thing, in the theater, i read this — bad to worse

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on November 1! What's your fave? 1. Parasite 2. Never Look Away 3. Cool Hand Luke 4. Le Deuxième Souffle Check out all 128 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama

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  • Sara B @sarabuschova.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    Look forward to your review. He is a genius for me. The film - Never Look Away - my lode star.

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  • Kate H @hurleyburley.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 16, 2025

    Sorry, totally eavesdropping here, but if you’ve never seen the movie Never Look Away I recommend it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_L...

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    The (movie) Never Look Away (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(UK) for £5.99 Cast: Christiane Amanpour Genre: (Biography) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/never_look...

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  • canuckuk @canuckuk.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    I can’t think of anything positive to say about it. The occasional good visual. Mostly I think it was pretentious and done better many times before. Last time we were in this theatre we saw ‘Never Look Away’. Stupendous movie.

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  • Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    In any case, the Nazi “Degenerate Art” show backfired. It made them look stupid and provincial internationally, and domestically it brought attention to some of the greatest art available in Germany, inspiring a new generation of artists to follow. (See the recent film “Never Look Away” for the […]

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  • JoIn5D @join5d.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    Also, it's a Lucy Lawless interview (best known for Xena, Warrior Princess). Lucy has a new movie out called Never Look Away (2024) that sounds pretty interesting. There were a couple of behind-the-scenes industry takes I hadn't heard before so I enjoyed that. 😊 #NeverLookAway #Xena #LucyLawless

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  • Peter Gray @ratedpdg.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    With the release of her documentary #NeverLookAway, which looks at the life and career of unflinching camerawoman Margaret Moth, I was ever so fortunate to talk to director (and all around warrior) Lucy Lawless about stepping into the role of storyteller. www.theaureview.com/watch/interv...

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  • 🔞 Chewtoy's Chaos Magick Resistance Garden and Jimothy Cult @squeakychewtoy.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    Watching "Never Look Away," 2018. Seeing a lot of my favorite German expressionist paintings in the first few minutes! Being derided by Nazis in one of their "Degenerate Art" exhibits, but there they are! This film feels really important right now.

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  • condorpasa.bsky.social @condorpasa.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    @realluculawless.bsky.social Hi Lucy, I wanted to tell you that your film Never Look Away will be screened tomorrow afternoon in Florence in a beautiful theater called "La Compagnia", as part of the 45th Festival of Cinema and Women. Here we are all very happy to have the opportunity to see it

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  • Screen One @ScreenOneMastodon · Nov 6, 2024

    Lucy Lawless' directorial debut NEVER LOOK AWAY in UK cinemas 2 December. Watch the trailer here https://screen-one.net/lucy-lawless-directorial-debut-never-look-away-in-uk-cinemas-2-december/ #NeverLookAway #LucyLawless #MargaretMoth @RealLucyLawless @UKKaleidoscope

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