Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

A Provincial Hospital

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 6, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary 2022 |

The Covid ward of a hospital in a town in western Bulgaria is the subject of this clear-eyed observational documentary about the perseverance of both its staff and patients.

Catcave Hysteria

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 6, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Verdict Shorts |

The women’s toilet in a nightclub becomes the site of miniature disasters and minor catastrophes in Angelika Abramovitch’s multi-stranded and surprisingly affecting short.

Fools

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 6, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary 2022 |

Tomasz Wasilewski’s oblique new drama is a slowly unwinding puzzle in which a couple’s life is thrown into disarray when one of them brings her ill son to live with them.

America

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 5, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Karlovy Vary |

Ofir Raul Graizer’s sophomore feature is a novelistic exploration of duty and companionship that is as vibrant and colourful as it is humane.

Strasbourg 1518

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 5, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Verdict Shorts |

Jonathan Glazer’s lockdown short embraces the urge to dance, re-framing a 16th century madness into an infectious ode to perseverance in the pandemic era.

Author: Ben Nicholson

A Provincial Hospital

Catcave Hysteria

Fools

America

Strasbourg 1518