4 Stars

We know it’s hard to believe, but there are some movies where the theme of war can be funny. Obviously, we don’t mean that ‘A Swedish Defence‘ is a comedy, but Simon Elvås manages to find the right dosage […]

Few short films manage with minimal narrative and image resources to express pure anxiety, as is the case with ‘Mind in Sight‘. And yet, the short film signed by Florian Purkarthofer is neither a thriller nor a horror. At […]

There are many ways in which the short film ‘DICTATION’ can be defined, but perhaps the most appropriate label would be that of political metaphor. Far from adopting a conventional formula, Moein Hasheminasab creates his project as a gloomy […]

Directed by Krishna Mankasingh and Darryl Palapuz, ‘Range of eMotion‘ is a feature-length documentary about how schizophrenia affects and takes a toll on ordinary people and how these people rely on friends and family to make their lives better. […]

One of the most interesting aspects of any quality dystopia is not necessarily the magnitude of the political, ecological, or religious catastrophes defining the fictional universe but the way in which the characters access their resources in this confrontation […]

Some projects are so special that they don’t need dialogue to convey emotion. Or even a complex action. The short animation ‘Jupiter & Europa‘ strikes you through these aspects, through this apparent minimalism of the cinematic construct that leaves […]

Some movies manage to keep you breathless not by the complexity of their action, but by the way in which the dialogue between the characters slowly reveals new emotional layers. Well, ‘Bloody Mary‘ is by far a short film […]

It’s hard to say what the great quality of a short film like ‘Ingrid‘ is. And this is precisely because its force is not necessarily perceptible on a visible level; it hides in nuances, in fine emotional details, behind […]

Certain short films are important not for their narrative content, but precisely because they try to reject the rigors of a conventional story, while adopting an almost poetic style, focused on sensations and on severe feelings. ‘Hunger‘ is one […]

Dystopia is perhaps one of the most effective ways to lucidly investigate the present we live in. However, ‘Counterproductive‘ is not only a substantial and incisive analysis of a delicate social context, but also an extremely well-executed short film […]