Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

Dragon Tooth

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 13, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Through colourful, chemically contaminated found footage, Rafael Castanheira Parrode evocatively excavates the trauma of the 1987 radioactivity disaster in Goiânia, Brazil.

Dirndlschuld

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 12, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Super 8 footage of an idyllic holiday destination provides the serene surface for Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg’s probe into the darker elements of history both political and personal.

Agrilogistics

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 11, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Gerard Ortín Castellví’s film about the mechanised standardisation of plant products in an industrial greenhouse is both hypnotic and unsettling; meticulous documentary and dreamlike fantasy.

Oink

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 10, 2022 | Berlin, Festivals |

A young girl adopts a rambunctious piglet and must navigate puppy classes and survive the annual sausage-making competition in this delightful stop-motion animation.

Blue Has No Dimensions

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 7, 2022 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Verdict Shorts |

Ágata de Pinho impresses both in front of and behind the camera in this visceral drama about a woman who believes she will disappear on her 28th birthday.

Author: Ben Nicholson

Dragon Tooth

Dirndlschuld

Agrilogistics

Oink

Blue Has No Dimensions