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Blazing Sun
While highly stressed with a business proposal he has to pitch, a man forgets about his accompanying in the car on a very hot day, under the blazing sun. ‘ Blazing Sun ’ is another exceptional psychological thriller that
Film reviewMemoirs
Vigil is a young writer who is living in his shop haunted by his alter-egos. In order to get liberated from his alter-egos and write his memoirs on his own, he is faking his death. But will he be able to live without the
Film reviewPipe Dream Reality
When a socially withdrawn young man, self-caged in his apartment, orders a new virtual technology he will meet a girl to fall in love with. But what will motivate him to eventually meet her in person? ‘ Pipe Dream Realit
Film reviewOctober
October Reviews
Film reviewCircles
‘ Circles ’ … a music video by Martin Cenkl which is maybe trying a debate on communist remnants which resist until present in everyday life of cities in post-communist areas (Czech Republic specifically). Old industrial
Film reviewRecovery
The first thing that stands out in Mitch E. Apley’s film is the cinematography, the second is the mysterious nature of the film and the unpuzzled truth in the script. A murder is taking place in the house of a family; th
Film reviewAT ANY COST
Directed by Alex Afshar, ‘ AT ANY COST ’ is a story coming from Sweden. While it depicts a case of kidnapping attempt inspired from reality, sadly the script lacks a true action story line. In fact the story is only a te
Film reviewBecoming Lucy
Writer and actress Alexis Nichols and director Jared Elkin team up for ‘ Becoming Lucy ’ and bring the story of Lucille Ball to screen. Lucille Ball was one of the first female personalities to succeed in television back
Film reviewThe Flight of Iro and Casper
Casper is what looks like a naive young man who seems to be unable to even settle a date for himself. However, one day he accidentally arrives in a room with a mirror that reflects back the image of a young woman. Paul H
Film reviewUlises doesn't live here anymore
‘ Ulises doesn’t live here anymore ’ is a documentary focusing on the faiths and contradictory feelings of emigrants that reached Spain. However, despite focusing on the Spanish issued cases, Juan Carlos García-Sampedro’
Film reviewThe Choices of Maelys
Education… a background theme oftenly found in films but rarely treated independently. There are little films that come to or mind right now to have ‘put the lights’ peculiarly on education (e.g. American History X). ‘ T
Film reviewJuliet
Our September’s 1st Place winner is the waggish short of Marc-Henri Boulier, ‘ Juliet ’. In a very near future SEED company invents a woman android for the men’s pleasures - JULIET1. But as time goes by … people find it
Film reviewManito - Brother's Sacrifice
A mother dies in a shooting accident in an ill-famed neighborhood. The two boys she raised will go in search of the killer, but what they discover will be a big surprise. Directors Javier Molina and Moema Umann (a return
Film reviewThe Way Out
Again the Jewish drama of WWII is brought forward by Russian director Mikhail Uchitelev. An opera singer abandons hope ready to turn herself in when a friend of honour refuses to abandon her and searches for an escape pl
Film reviewThe Lady In Red
‘The Lady In Red’: a metaphor-film that sets your mind on contemplating death. A man meets a woman at different stages and ages in his life; but she is always young and beautiful and always in a red dress. When he will f
Film reviewEveryone Can Clap Their Hands
Every so often life puts us in the most challenging situations; but human condition is not always easy to bring down. Andy McComb’s short documentary is a storytelling about a young man, Justin, who had his left arm ampu
Film reviewSeptember
September Reviews
Film reviewMoth
‘ Moth ’ is an experimental short film making a parallel between a woman’s ‘metamorphosis’ and that of a moth’s as director Moema Umann suggests herself. While a documentary description of a moth’s metamorphosis is offer
Film reviewJacob's Paradox
After a physicist’s wife is murdered he finds it hard to move forward and makes up an invention that could help him undo the event. However the question he is still consumed by is: would it be ethical or not to intervene
Film reviewMount Pleasant
‘ Mount Pleasant ’ is one of the short documentaries that aims to tell us the story about the beauty of simple life. A young man - who is apparently a guitarist too - lives at his farm in Mount Pleasant dealing with long