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The Rats
Watching ' The Rats ', it's almost impossible not to think about all those pagan superstitions focused on the theme of death. Not accidentally, director Juha Rosma has accessed in his short film a popular ancestral imagi
Film reviewThe Dark Room
Death has always been a difficult and frightening subject, but there are few cases in the history of cinema depicting the tragedy of losing a loved one in such a magnetic manner. Inspired by the dark atmosphere of the Gr
Film reviewLost in Apocalypse
One of the most common themes in horror movies in the past years is without any doubt the zombie apocalypse one. Even in literature, this subject went viral and each year one can easily fill tens of shelves with books on
Film reviewResilient
There are some unfortunate accidents that trigger the most unpredictable emotional and creative resources in the human soul, defying the apparent tragedy of destiny. Generally speaking, ' Resilient ' is a short film appr
Film reviewTop Coat Cash
When hard times are coming, we have to take the right decisions even though sometimes the right decisions prove to be wrong. ‘ Top Coat Cash ’ is a movie about decisions, both good or bad, taken at the right moment. Afte
Film reviewThe History of Everything
We have to state from the beginning that ‘ The History of Everything ’ is among the most unique comedies we’ve had the chance to watch at this festival since day one. Filmed and produced in a ‘short’ period of more than
Film reviewUtopia
Trying to understand the logical mechanism of the narrative thread of the short film ' Utopia ' may be the biggest disaster you can do to this extraordinary project. Because the artistic stake proposed by director Aimien
Film reviewHUMANO
There are some short films it's hard to talk about, because their nonconformist and metaphorical composition seems incompatible with any kind of more or less critical discourse. ' HUMANO ' is such a project that surprise
Film reviewWhale Fall
Even if for modern human the magical, mystical thinking has lost its power, being replaced by pragmatism and scientific evidence, many communities continue to see in the small and great joys of life a miracle that only a
Film reviewThe Lands of Princess Nandayure
‘ The Lands of Princess Nandayure ’ is the kind of documentary we’ve been expecting in this festival for so long. It is focused on a particular geographical region, and it goes from village to village in order to present
Film reviewQueens Way
Life is too short to suffer or to regret something. In fact, life exists just to be beautifully lived, without regret. Or, at least, this is the first lesson of life that the ' Queens Way ' mini-documentary aims to revea
Film reviewAmber
Some say an impressive love story has a happy ending; others say that any beautiful love story has a tragic ending. ' Amber' somehow adopts both variants, proposing a hypnotic and attractive scenario placed on the border
Film reviewShelter
The war has never been an easy artistic theme, and the multitude of literary, cinematographic or plastic works that were generated from these traumas of humanity make the work of new artists approaching this perimeter in
Film reviewResolution
‘All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women merely players’, Shakespeare said, not realizing perhaps that his words will not lose their power even after a few centuries. But who is the director? Who is the one
Film reviewSomething
Stephen Portland comes with a feature that isn’t at all specific to the horror movies we’re accustomed to. It's the calm tone of the story that may drive the viewer crazy, and so the whole nuance of ' Something ' can
Film reviewDETOUR
Even if the whims of each individual's existence can rarely be transformed into extraordinary scripts, the destiny of an artist is almost always an intense and exciting tale of identity and self-acceptance. Concentrated
Film reviewHe Calls Them All By Name
Since modern times, many people have seen in God either an absurd idea or a burden that limits so much our own freedom that it would be useless to believe in the force of a whimsical puppeteer. But how unbearable is, in
Film reviewThe Death of Ian Hall
It is not very clear why the theme of brutal old age has long been a kind of taboo in universal cinema. Perhaps because the average age of the general public had persuaded filmmakers that the emotional problems or crises
Film reviewMy Saviour
‘ My Saviour ’ is a movie about love, trust, and faith; a story of a woman, troubled by the people around her, who finds comfort in the hands of a total stranger who seems to be the answer to all of her questions… or so
Film reviewIncomplete
The other's loss in an accident and the feeling of guilt plus the pain of the emotional and physical emptiness are the central themes of ' Incomplete ' that render this drama using the relationship between two sisters. W