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Dream Maker

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 14, 2023 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2023, Verdict Shorts |

A man uses virtual reality to experience and retouch the memory of his deceased daughter in this poignant, thought-provoking Iranian sci-fi, Dream Maker.

Sea Salt

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |

The inconsistencies of adolescence are the challenges of burgeoning womanhood are central to Leila Basma’s knotty and intoxicating coming-of-age short, Sea Salt.

In the Shadow of the Cypress

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |

Unspoken traumas are made manifest in Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi’s beautifully drawn and profoundly moving animated allegory, In the Shadow of the Cypress.

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Dream Maker

Sea Salt

In the Shadow of the Cypress