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Common Pear

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 2, 2025 | Rotterdam 2025, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Traditional fruit cultivation becomes a source of archival fascination in Common Pear, a sci-fi documentary hybrid set amidst environmental collapse.

Merckx

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 2, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025 |

The exploits of the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx are captured in this appreciative archival documentary about his all-conquering career.

Night Has Come

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

A group of young men must endure the hardships of a rigorous military training programme in Night Has Come, Paolo Tizon’s intimate and revealing documentary.

Lapilli

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 30, 2024 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary 2024 |

Overcome with grief at the sudden loss of her grandparents, filmmaker Paula Durinova’s expressive documentary Lapilli finds solace in the geological formations of the Aral Sea.

Empathfridges

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 15, 2024 | Festivals, Stockfish 2024, Verdict Shorts |

In the slantwise ethnographic documentary ‘Empathfridges’, Rakel Jonsdottir explores the concept of shared fridges in Iceland to create microcosmic portraits of place and community.

Tag: documentary

Common Pear

Merckx

Night Has Come

Lapilli

Empathfridges