Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

Haulout

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 19, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Evgenia and Maxim Arbugaeva’s astonishing documentary captures the annual arrival of thousands of walruses on a remote beach in the Russian Arctic in awesome intimacy.

It’s Raining Frogs Outside

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 18, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Apocalypse anxiety, discomfort in the childhood home, and the effects of enforced isolation make for a heady brew in Maria Estela Paiso’s multimedia fever dream.

North Terminal

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 17, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

A new documentary from Lucrecia Martel explores communal creativity and expressive performance by bringing together marginalised artists in the north of Argentina.

Trap

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 16, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Anastasia Veber’s prize-winning drama is an evocative exploration of the lives of young people in contemporary Russia caught between aggression and eroticism, isolation and intimacy.

Memoir of a Veering Storm

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 15, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

This grainy, tender, and contemplative film by Sofia Georgovassili approaches a potentially traumatic coming-of-age drama through a fable-like, quotidian lens.

Author: Ben Nicholson

Haulout

It’s Raining Frogs Outside

North Terminal

Trap

Memoir of a Veering Storm