Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

Warsha

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 26, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

A potentially familiar story of a Syrian construction worker living in Lebanon is turned on its head in Dania Bdeir’s sensual and soulful evocation of freedom.

Egúngún (Masquerade)

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 26, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Olive Nwosu’s delicate drama explores the difficulty of confronting complex notions of identity while also traversing a tender story of first love lost.

Listen to the Beat of Our Images

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 25, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Siblings Audrey and Maxime Jean-Baptiste mine the archive to visualise the transformation of 1960s French Guiana by a new space centre in this poetic documentary.

Tundra

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 25, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

A paper-pushing official searches for a woman in red in José Luis Aparicio’s noirish short set in an oppressive, dystopian Cuba afflicted by strange, sluglike creatures.

Sandstorm

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 25, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

An excellent, nuanced performance by Parizae Fatima anchors Seemab Gul’s tense depiction of a teenage girl navigating the dangers and dilemmas of an online relationship.

Author: Ben Nicholson

Warsha

Egúngún (Masquerade)

Listen to the Beat of Our Images

Tundra

Sandstorm