a river holds a perfect memory
Tying together disparate locations in Northern England and Jamaica, Hope Strickland’s evocative boat ride, ‘a river holds a perfect memory,’ explores the interrelations between labour, memory and rivers.
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Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 5, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Tying together disparate locations in Northern England and Jamaica, Hope Strickland’s evocative boat ride, ‘a river holds a perfect memory,’ explores the interrelations between labour, memory and rivers.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 4, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Ostensibly about the preservation of an ancient language, Eva Giolo’s essay film ‘Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths’ combines linguistics with landscape and myth to captivating effect.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025 |
A mother unadvisedly leaves her two young sons home alone in Don’t Leave the Kids Alone chaotic but largely entertaining Mexican haunted house horror.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025, Verdict Shorts |
This Marker-esque monochrome photomontage adapts its protagonist’s docufiction memoir into a slyly funny sketch of a struggling actor in contemporary Tbilisi.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 2, 2025 | Rotterdam 2025, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |
Traditional fruit cultivation becomes a source of archival fascination in Common Pear, a sci-fi documentary hybrid set amidst environmental collapse.
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