4½ Stars

What would an intimate drama written by Asimov or Philip K. Dick, in collaboration with Ian McEwan, look like? We know that such a combination may sound quite bizarre, but director Kilian Thomas manages to find in his short […]

In world cinema, there are many excellent films based on a character’s life suffering from strange diseases or syndromes. Of course, the choice of a theme per se doesn’t certify the quality of a project, but the intuition with […]

We all know the sad story of Madame Butterfly and her tragic love affair. Well, Charles Sweeney invites us to a sort of alternative ending of the famous opera. However, his short film, ‘The Vow‘, doesn’t take place in […]

There are few short films that manage as well as ‘The Widow‘ to create such a strong main character. Obviously, not only the complexity of the story or the talent of the main actress are the only qualities of […]

Revenge doesn’t always have a sweet taste; revenge that heals is an illusion. ‘Three Brothers Two‘ is a short film tackling the premises of such a destructive temper, building around a family tragedy an explosion of negative energies that […]

Certain literary characters emerged victorious from the war with time, entering the constellation of the priceless values of humanity. The short film signed by Edouard Dossetto is focused on such a character, but also on a painful moment detached […]

There are certain films that do not necessarily amaze with a complex storyline, but with their “sensory” quality, composing a delightful atmosphere the viewer feels long after the end of the project. The same thing happens with the short […]

Certain “transdisciplinary” concepts, such as “cinematic poems”, tend to have a rather metaphorical meaning when attributed to experiments based on an artistic convergence between film, photography and literature. In fact, a true “cinematic poem” means the sum of all […]

There are a few projects that impress with their apparent narrative simplicity. In fact, the great asset of ‘Mammoth‘ consists in depicting through an impressive authenticity a simple but profound human emotional mechanism, which pushes viewers to a  meditation […]

The political mechanism is a sensitive subject that has generated not only essential social progress, but also major destructions that have managed to catalyse the most hurtful human manifestations. Unfortunately, this demonic politics is not a tragic episode we […]