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Low Down Larry Versus the Giant Reptile
Certainly, for many of us, animation was the first experience that made us love cinema. That’s why, regardless of the tastes that each moviegoer has developed over time, watching a timeless animated classic offers more t
Film reviewBuying Time
Produced and written by Andy Blithe and directed by Kris Smith, ' Buying Time ' is a 2024 feature that stars Andy Blithe, Mark Wells and Estelle Long. The film takes us right into a future plagued by deadly viruses. A fa
Film reviewOperation Dynamo
Stories based on historical events are not necessarily valuable for the amount of “factual” information and statistics they present, but for the way they highlight the human condition facing situations where the limi
Film reviewMuito Amor - Jews and Judaism in Amazonia
Written and directed by Malka Shabtay, ' Muito Amor - Jews and Judaism in Amazonia ' is a feature length documentary that charts the rise of the Jewish community thriving in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. A celebrat
Film reviewEveryone is Afraid
Delving into the dark corners of the human soul is one of the most exciting challenges any filmmaker can take on. Such an undertaking is even more commendable when the result impresses with its psychological breadth whil
Film reviewTreble Me This
Imagine Guy Ritchie recreating “The Lord of the Rings” in a cop movie. Sounds tempting? Then surely ' Treble Me This ' is the short film for you. Sticking to the formula of a murder mystery story that, strangely enou
Film reviewDeath Date
Meeting the girl you secretly love can sometimes be a terrifying experience. But director Alex Mathieson takes this experience to another level to deliver a short film that is as unpredictable as it is exciting. Still, '
Film reviewL+T
A declaration of love can hide the cruelest intentions. It’s a strategy we already know from several classic novels and films, but Nevena Nikolova’s short film doesn’t hesitate to take you by surprise in the most u
Film reviewPanni Sporchi
If love means total dedication and unconditional emotional support, what happens when drug addiction risks altering any trace of humanity in the soul of the person you care about? Incisive and tender at the same time, '
Film reviewBefore Nikkah
Set in London, ‘ Before Nikkah ’ finds two British Pakistanis set up on a blind date for marriage. Initially apprehensive about the prospect entirely, the duo will find that love can be found anywhere. As their first dat
Film reviewThe Rooms
If we consider posthumanism as the extreme fusion of humans and machines, resembling a kind of pathological symbiosis, and acknowledge that this concept has become a tangible reality, then a short film like ' The Rooms '
Film reviewMaxakalì or the Dance of a Lifetime
“Vibrant, strong” – this is how the narrator begins her speech, accurately portraying, in fact, the very qualities of the short film ' Maxakalì or the Dance of a Lifetime '. Indeed, what Matthéo Manticello does w
Film reviewUltimate Chabite
Written by Julien Ivanowich and Christoph Marcillac and directed by Julien Ivanowich, ' Ultimate Chabite ' is a story of four friends whose silly game spirals out of control, ensuing mass panic over the eradication of ma
Film reviewBlack, Queer & Done
Written and directed by Nyasha Daley, ‘ Black, Queer & Done ’ is an independent feature film that explores the experiences and representation of Black queer people in the arts, culture and media sectors. With online inte
Film review(w)hole
In the face of delicate human experiences or emotions that often elude the rigors of precise words, perhaps the most effective solution is provided by the metaphors privileged by the language of cinema, or even by the ve
Film reviewThe Path to Oblivion
The spontaneity of inter-human affinities sometimes appears to bear the stamp of destiny and to transcend even the boundary between the world of the living and the dead. Director Ali Marwan Chekki embraces this idea to c
Film reviewINGOLSTADT
If art is perhaps the most subtle and powerful manifestation of the depths of the human soul, what else can be called art in a world of dehumanization? Or in a world where AI becomes a substitute for humanity itself? Wit
Film reviewDon't Choke
There’s something about Sonny Baez’s short film that’s hard to capture in a few words, though its central stakes, especially the drama of the modern couple, are far from a thematic novelty. And yet, ' Don’t Choke
Film reviewWelcome To The Neighborhood
Few filmmakers manage to capture a metaphor of consumerist society with such acid irony as Jason Lee Segal does in his short film ' Welcome To The Neighborhood '. Yet this project goes beyond standard social critique sin
Film reviewWe Will Not Be Silenced
Written by Brian Rose and directed by Luis Solarat, ‘ We Will Not Be Silenced ’ is a 2023 feature length documentary that chronicles the struggles of Brian Rose and his YouTube channel London Real in the aftermath of the