Under the Burning Sun
Incandescent rage sets alight Under the Burning Sun, a road trip through a merciless dystopian desert where women’s bodies are not their own.
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Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 12, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025 |
Incandescent rage sets alight Under the Burning Sun, a road trip through a merciless dystopian desert where women’s bodies are not their own.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 21, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |
An elderly couple retreats from the outside world in preparation for the launch of three artificial moons in the strange and meditative experimental documentary, The Moon Also Rises.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 20, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |
A wonderfully observed sketch of a family lunch in late-1990s China, Remains of the Hot Day not only captures period mood but is compiled from glimpses of myriad miniature dramas.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Pingyao 2023 |
Chinese filmmaker Li Binbin’s directorial debut, ‘The Night Rain South Township’, won a special mention at Pingyao with an enigmatic story of a young man’s rediscovery of his cultural roots in a foggy town in China’s southwest hinterlands.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 5, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023, Verdict Shorts |
A factory worker wrestles with a dispiriting future in this short about a fortune-telling tortoise and a desire for self-determination.
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