Knit’s Island
A trio of documentarians traverse the forbidding digital landscapes of an online survivalist video game to explore the communities that have emerged there in this verité machinima, Knit’s Island.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 7, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023 |
A trio of documentarians traverse the forbidding digital landscapes of an online survivalist video game to explore the communities that have emerged there in this verité machinima, Knit’s Island.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 28, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Rati Oneli’s phlegmatic drama, We Are the Hollow Men, depicts the difficult relationship between an estranged father and son when the latter returns home after his mother’s death.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 27, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Angelica Maria Torres Tamayo works through a personal tragedy in Pirsas, a deeply affecting documentary about a family trauma and the prospect of recovery.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 26, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |
History, folklore, and contemporary realities intertwine in Amma ki Katha, Nehal Vyas’ essayistic meditation on national aspiration and how stories become enmeshed in state oppression.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 25, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |
A young woman must deal with the physical and psychological bruises of a sexual assault in Shaylee Atary’s powerful dramatic short, Single Light.
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