How to Shoot a Ghost
Mortality is on the mind in Charlie Kaufman’s contemplative and illusory short, How to Shoot a Ghost – an enveloping, chimeric memento mori.
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Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 1, 2025 | Festivals, VENICE 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Mortality is on the mind in Charlie Kaufman’s contemplative and illusory short, How to Shoot a Ghost – an enveloping, chimeric memento mori.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 29, 2025 | Festivals, VENICE 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Said Zagha’s pulsating neo-noir probes at the dark consequences of being pushed to breaking point in Coyotes, a genre-inflected Palestinian short.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 22, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Antoine Chapon repurposes eerie architectural animations in ‘The Orchards,’ a paean to a lost Damascus community that attempts to resist its eradication by a vindictive regime.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 21, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Index, the new short film from Radu Muntean is a low-key thriller that transforms tranquil forest bathing into something far more brooding and disquieting.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 21, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025, Verdict Shorts |
The documentary vignette ‘I Believe the Portrait Saved Me’ uses a deeply personal story to explore the power of creativity and evoke the teetering knife edge of survival.
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