3½ Stars

Miska Karioja’s ‘Fireproven – Shine‘ is the first video single from Finnish melodic death metal band Fireproven’s debut album. Apart from being a good complimenting medium to the excellent music it accompanies, and impressing from an aesthetical point of view, […]

Everything that we can virtually imagine has an expiration date… doesn’t it? Any product or object will once become broken beyond repair, every experience or state of spirit is transient, and at one point one factor or a combination […]

The concept of mortality, when related to all living things, humans and animals alike, is what leads to the birth and proliferation of a survival instinct. They are only around for a limited time, and a step in the […]

‘Genius Loci’ is the movie of the perfect silence that delivers more emotions than any word could do. Pascal Griesshammer’s feature combines a wide variety of techniques used in literature and in cinematography to create a project that can […]

‘Memento Amare’ is a modern fairytale, where nothing is hard to understand what is going on, and when you do understand, it is way too late to do anything about it. This story really made us feel both homesick […]

In his highly underrated book written by John Steinbeck, ‘Cup of Gold’, Henry Morgan, the Welsh pirate who became the first commander to successfully sack Panama, states: “I may have some value to historians because I have destroyed a […]

Not that often do we get such complex projects in this festival, projects that involve an impressive score, powerful monologues and guerilla style shots, going beyond the experimental filter into a rather surrealist field that is always a pleasure […]

Hypnotherapy is a form of alternative medicine that requires no medication, but simply a comfy chair and a will to listen. Through verbal exchange initiated after the subject enters a relaxed state, the hypnotist can then attempt to solve […]

There’s something particularly striking about remote British landscapes – the vegetation, the colour palette, a combination of dark green and grey skies, and the almost permanent drizzle. Even better, these fantastic views, far away from the hustle and bustle […]

Luigi Di Donato’s movie is actually a poem itself – a poem that combines the harmony of the soul and the normal order of things that really matter. Quoting from the beginning one of the greatest American writers, Edgar […]