Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

Becoming Male in the Middle Ages

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 30, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Pedro Neves Marques follows 2019’s The Bite with another sci-fi-infused relationship story in this thought-provoking meditation on traditional gender roles and the nuclear family.

Nazarbazi

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 29, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

An utterly captivating found footage collage that pieces together a sensuous history of intimacy in Iranian post-revolution cinema where depictions of physical contact are prohibited.

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.

Author: Ben Nicholson

Becoming Male in the Middle Ages

Nazarbazi

Warsha

Egúngún (Masquerade)

Listen to the Beat of Our Images