4½ Stars

War leaves behind not only the tragedy of countless innocent deaths but also the painful stories of the survivors. Hence, those who had the chance to escape the conflagration by taking refuge in other countries did not really flee […]

Sometimes an “okay” can mean a cry for help. But how can we really know if certain limits are crossed when our choices are determined by the will of others? ‘Okay‘ is a short film that explores this delicate […]

Written by Birgit Syran Myaard and directed by Leon Mitchell, the feature film ‘Ellida’ stars Katrina Syran, Kris Wolf, Elliot Cable and Luca Molinari. Katrina Syran plays Ellida, a woman who has just lost her baby. Feeling lonely, suicidal […]

Charting the journey of Cornwall’s unique theatre group for youngsters with additional needs who draw on their experiences of living through Covid to devise a new play, ‘It’s Ok to be Different’ is a feature length documentary from Quintessence […]

Let’s imagine that “Everything you wanted to know about sex…” was rewritten by the screenwriters of “Movie 43” and directed by Gaspar Noé and Wes Andersen, keeping intact the humour and irony of Woody Allen. Sounds interesting? Then ‘UNCENSORED […]

It is very rare for a short film to be able to condensate so convincingly the story and inner evolution of an individual as ‘Waking Up’ does. But Dion Costelloe’s ambition goes even further than that since his project […]

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 […]