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Forever Chapter
' Forever Chapter ', directed by Omid Romal and produced by Maximum Risk Films, is first and foremost a film about mourning, a tribute built from the voices of those who knew Michael “Kok” Rosenvold (as a father, hus
Film reviewBlue
Some loves need not last forever to become an essential part of our destiny. Beyond the familiar patterns of passionate or doomed love, there are also forms of devotion that leave emotional explosions aside in favour of
Film reviewThe Box
The beauty of life often lies in its fleeting nature, even when a friend leaves this world behind, creating a void that seems impossible to fill. ' The Box ' plunges into existential tragedy, allowing a formative friends
Film reviewSomething Red
Over-explanation often risks weakening a film’s emotional impact. ' Something Red ' understands this very well, building its force precisely through its refusal to say too much. In fact, director Jan Fabris uses ellipsis
Film reviewTime Will Tell
Beyond the pain of losing someone dear, grief becomes a force that compels us to look back at what has remained unhealed. In a similar vein, the short film ' Time Will Tell ' begins from this kind of family situation, wh
Film reviewKnow Fear, Know Freedom
Some documentaries begin with an apparently simple question, yet end up touching one of the oldest and most intimate mechanisms of human life. ' Know Fear, Know Freedom ', directed by Heather McBride Manley, is built aro
Film reviewCambio Vita
' Cambio Vita ' starts from a minor accident along the way in order to speak gently about how the speed of city life can distance us from ourselves. It is a simple premise, close to that of a classic family comedy, but p
Film reviewBorrowed Sight
The world does not disappear when we stop seeing it. Or, at least in ' Borrowed Sight ', sight is more than a biological function, becoming a fragile form of memory and survival. Hei Lit Ma’s short film follows the noctu
Film reviewRobbery at the Rockvale Theatre
' Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre ' is the kind of feature film that knows its territory very well and works precisely because of that. In fact, director Jesse Edwards doesn’t try to turn a family comedy with teenagers,
Film reviewEmpathy Rehearsals
More than an art form, theatre is a space for confronting oneself. ' Empathy Rehearsals ' explores how performance can break through the defensive mechanisms of a teenager accustomed to communicating through intimidation
Film reviewMasterpiece
In ' Masterpiece ', love takes on the texture of a surface painted by two people, where every colour added by one alters the intention of the other, and the work in progress gradually comes to preserve the traces of the
Film reviewStolen
Fear begins with a scenario any parent can immediately understand: a child does not come home from school. Yet ' Stolen ', directed by Nikita Tsedryk, does not remain within the simple territory of parental anxiety, nor
Film reviewI Don't Live Here
The fall is almost never a clear, easily identifiable moment. In ' I Don’t Live Here ', the loss of self emerges through a series of small gestures, an accumulation of lost nights and clumsy attempts to feel something
Film reviewBehind The Reflection
Survival has nothing elegant about it. On the contrary, it often appears as a dirty, exhausting struggle, fought in a world that seems to have already decided who has the right to exist and who must be pushed to the marg
Film reviewAcceptance
Sometimes, words must disappear because, at the core of extreme emotional suffering, they become useless. ' Acceptance ', directed by Robbie James Templeton & Catherine Jane Allana McFadzean, approaches depression as a s
Film reviewCigarette
Gonzalo Golpe’s ' Cigarette ' starts with a recognizable gesture but turns it into a heavy image of addiction and the way society slowly consumes what was once innocent. Without dialogue or straight explanations, his sho
Film reviewThe Impending White Light
Death often appears in cinema as a final point. ' The Impending White Light ' sees it differently: as a strange, almost silent interval in which two lives can meet before everything changes for good. In his short film, d
Film reviewCracks
Dreams can sometimes turn out to be the most terrifying nightmares, and, eventually, the desire to reach perfection degenerates into an emotional fracture that cannot be healed. ' Cracks ', directed by Anna Veisman, expl
Film reviewShe Was
Sometimes, cinema must shatter the comfort zone of viewers who seek explanations too easily accepted. Remaining in the framework of a social critique, the short film ' She Was ' starts from the issue of femicide, tacklin
Film reviewBeing Billy
There are stories that impress through the almost imperceptible way they touch the most fragile layers of memory. It is precisely on this unstable ground of identity that ' Being Billy ' unfolds as a dense meditation on