Sentimental Stories
A largely deserted port plays host to subtle drama unraveling at a glacially pace in Xandra Popescu’s strangely beguiling study in stasis, Sentimental Stories.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |
A largely deserted port plays host to subtle drama unraveling at a glacially pace in Xandra Popescu’s strangely beguiling study in stasis, Sentimental Stories.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |
The freewheeling independence of the open road is given a Gen-Z spin in the Ross Brothers’ kinetic and affecting hybrid documentary, Gasoline Rainbow.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |
The inconsistencies of adolescence are the challenges of burgeoning womanhood are central to Leila Basma’s knotty and intoxicating coming-of-age short, Sea Salt.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Unspoken traumas are made manifest in Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi’s beautifully drawn and profoundly moving animated allegory, In the Shadow of the Cypress.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 17, 2023 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2023 |
The quietude of a bucolic life, and the deep wordless bonds between a mother and son, lie at the heart of Giorgi Parkosadze’s serene doc, ‘Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer.’
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