4 Stars

There are few cases where an experimental short film defying pre-established categories can capture with such a visionary force a recognizable universe that is so overwhelming through its explosive vitalism. Halfway between poetic confession and pseudo-documentary, ‘Solastalgia‘ is a […]

‘Lifeline‘ is not just a sensitive short film about the burden of your own existence. It’s also a proof that, to create a powerful movie, you do not need spectacular ornamentation or a very complex script. The project of […]

‘I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear’ – this Walt Whitman verse from one of his famous poems ‘I hear America singing’ could easily be the motto of this incredible and heartwarming featurette that is, without doubt, […]

Do you remember those animations in which the animals wanted to take control of humanity? If you do, then you also remember for sure the evil plans of cats which, despite their seeming innocence with which they charmed us, […]

It is incredible how archetypes created from the oldest times by humanity, but also by the most important writers of the world, succeed in being shaped in the most nonconformist forms. ‘Sif‘ is a short film that proves this, […]

It is hard to say what impressed us most in ‘Loss of Reality‘: the way the director approaches the theme itself illustrating the personal failure of a drug addict, the miserable authenticity of the intimate world of those who […]

The humans’ contact with new technology has been exploited so much in contemporary cinema focused rather on a dystopian vision that it is almost impossible to believe that some directors are approaching this subject with other intentions. In fact, […]

“Thou shall not kill”. But what happens when you live in a world that works by the “kill or be killed” principle? In a world where God is totally absent? Starting from this inconvenient and apparently irresolvable idea, director […]

We are our own past, whether or not we are responsible for what happened to us. But what happens to us when we cannot really be responsible for our own present? ‘YOU or ME‘ is a short story about […]

Stacey M. Zipfel’s documentary can be a powerful shock therapy session for animal lovers because it goes where documentaries aren’t going on a regular basis – in the darker zone. What if you have a best friend, someone who […]