coming of age - The Film Verdict

Nostalgia of a (Still) Alive Heart

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 13, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |

Two young children are left to find their own way when their father commits suicide in Diego Gaxiola’s poignant magical realist short, Nostalgia of a (Still) Alive Heart.

Mi Bestia

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 11, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |

Religious rumours combine with a blood moon eclipse and a girl’s journey to womanhood in Mi Bestia, a beguiling coming-of-ager with fantasy elements from Camila Beltran.

Tiny Lights

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jul 3, 2024 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary 2024 |

Tiny Lights is a keenly observed portrayal of a six-year-old girl’s experience of her parents breaking up, built around a captivating performance from the young Mia Banko.

78 Days

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 1, 2024 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2024 |

Using the aesthetics of home video, with 78 Days Emilija Gasic crafts a poignant coming-of-age drama set amidst the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO.

Firedream

Posted by Lucy Virgen | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Firedream offers lessons of passionate honesty in work made with love. and creativity even with some shortcomings.

Tag: coming of age

Nostalgia of a (Still) Alive Heart

Mi Bestia

Tiny Lights

78 Days

Firedream