4 Stars

Elliptical, but not incomplete, temperate, but not monotonous, ‘Upstream’ is the result of a special artistic sensibility that depicts with candour a tender and authentic existential piece. Adriana Martins da Silva offers us a short film like a cinematic […]

Written by Reinaldo Moraes and directed by Beto Marquez, ‘Bigger than the World’ (or Maior Que O Mundo) sees Eriberto Leão play Kbeto, a struggling writer suffering with writer’s block who stumbles upon a great story in a dumpster […]

In addition to all those great films about the destinies of women crushed by the patriarchy of Islamic countries, some directors prefer to change the rules of the game, bringing before us some “atypical” protagonists. This doesn’t mean that […]

Directed by John Patrick Lowrie, ‘Night, Mother’ adapts Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play into feature length form. A story about a daughter and a mother who have a meaningful conversation before the daughter decides to end her life, the […]

Directed by Johannes Buchholz, the German language drama ‘Zugvögel’ introduces us to a complicated bunch of friends who reunite after a long time. As old secrets are revealed and the past reconciled, the tightly knit group of friends will […]

It’s hard to say whether Rowan McCarthy wanted to give us an existential drama or a dystopian sci-fi exercise. Nevertheless, no matter how each viewer understands his project, ‘Strange Commander‘ is a short film that aims to shock. And […]

‘Will You Bury Me‘ is an excellent example of a short film that, although it doesn’t approach a popular subject from an innovative perspective, surprises with its naturalness and sincerity. Likewise, although Noor Eldine Aboud doesn’t “premeditate” a direct […]

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 […]