Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

In Broad Daylight

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 11, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary 2022, Spotlight |

Ambiguity abounds in Emmanuel Tardif’s elusive Québécois drama about a family’s self-imposed isolation after an unexpected event and the spreading fractures in their fragile status quo.

Pamfir

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 10, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Spotlight |

Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s debut is a propulsive drama employing folkloric elements and mythic overtones in its portrayal of a man trying to navigate a provincial criminal underworld.

The Trees

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 7, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Verdict Shorts |

The nature of loss both personal and planetary become intertwined in Ramzi Bashour’s mordantly comic drama about a man returning home after his father’s death.

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.

Author: Ben Nicholson

In Broad Daylight

Pamfir

The Trees

A Provincial Hospital

Catcave Hysteria