4 Stars

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, ‘Death Date‘ is […]

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 unexpected ways. From […]

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, ‘Panni Sporchi‘ sheds […]

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 date goes disastrous, […]

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‘ is more than just […]

“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 with this project is truly […]

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 manhood, and potential societal collapse. […]

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 versatility of […]

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 […]

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 since the creator’s perspective […]