Review by Carlos Aguilar

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"The 20 most daring films of 2019..."

These gems represent some of the boldest work from around the world this year..."

Review by Vassilis Kroustallis

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"The film is observant, and Mishiali uses deftly its main character towards her self-regulated journey to freedom."

********stars (8/10)

Review by Andrew Emerson

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"Pause is a thoughtful, quietly provocative film that spotlights an individual whom most films relegate to the sidelines."

Review by Faycal Mataoui (FR)

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Review during the Mararat Film Festival, Tunisia

Review by Francesca Escarraga

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"Dauntless filmmakers like Tonia Mishiali who make it their life’s mission to create stories with substance by raising awareness on pressing issues... is living proof that we are heading towards a promising future..."

Review by Prairie Miller

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"A vivid, near soliloquoy... men distorting women and bypassing the soul... relief for suppressed passions and frustrations... break free for moments, but with only elusive windows of dramatic conjecture provided - as perhaps it should be."

****stars (4/5)

Review by Bill Arceneaux

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"A gender-specific and culturally unique crisis done up in a lively landscape fraught with a wide range of emotional, vengeful, and feared imaginations."

****stars (3.5/5)

Review by Kiko Martinez

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"...Tonia Mishiali's confident direction and ...Fyrogeni's subtle and genuine performance are impressive."

Review by Sherin Nicole

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"Tonia Mishiali's film is gorgeous in its solemnity... there is a quiet tension that carries you through the film."

Review by Katie Walsh

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"Star Fyrogeni, who bears a striking resemblance to Frances McDormand, appears in almost every shot, and she carries the film with a bravura performance of a woman at her wit’s end."

******stars (6.1/10)

Video Review by John Smistad

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"“Pause”: Soul-crushing Examination of a Soul Reborn"

Review by Nicolas Bardot (FR)

Review by Dimitris Bampas (GR)

***stars (3/5)

Review by Yiangos Antiohos (GR)

***stars (3/5)

Review of PAUSE (GR)

***stars (3/5)

Review of PAUSE by Yiannis Karampitsos (GR)

Review by Orla Smith

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"Three hidden gems at the Glasgow Film Festival"

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****stars (4/5)

Review of PAUSE by Tusshar Sasi (EN)

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“'Pause' represents a generation of women and their silent agony…"

"59th Thessaloniki Film Festival: PAUSE (FIPRESCI award for Best Greek Film) (GR)

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Review by Nicos Artinos (Union of Greek Film Critics member)

*** stars

Review (SE)

Stockholm Film Festival

Review by Cinefreaks

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"PAUSE by Tonia Mishiali: 59th Thessaloniki Film Festival" (GR)

Review by Union of Greek Film Critics member Nicos Aletras (one of the members of the FIPRESCI jury at the 59th Thessaloniki Film Festival) (GR)

*** stars

Review by Alexis Dermentzoglou

Film Review By Jenny Kermode

**** stars

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"Fyrogeni is brittle and intense in the central role, carrying herself in the slightly bent, over-cautious manner of someone continually expecting blame."

Film Review | Karlovy Vary 2018 | by Boyd van Hoeij

"Cypriot director Tonia Mishiali casts Frances McDormand look-alike Stela Fyrogeni in her feature debut about a housewife in an unhealthy marriage who starts daydreaming about revenge"

53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Reviews by Ninos Fenek Mikellides

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"Outcries by women and unprotected children" (GR)

Karlovy Vary 2018 East of the West

Review: Pause by Vassilis Economou

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"Cypriot writer-director Tonia Mishiali focuses on the position of women in a conservative and patriarchal society with an emotional and realistic debut"