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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.

Hafey

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 11, 2024 | Festivals, Stockfish 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A young women who suffered a stroke at the age of thirteen, Hafey reconnects with the use of her body through dance in this moving and affirming documentary portrait.

That’s All from Me

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 23, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A filmmaker explores her struggles with motherhood and artistic stimulus through a correspondence and a short film about birdwatching in That’s All from Me, a deft epistolary short.

Tag: documentary

Night Has Come

Lapilli

Empathfridges

Hafey

That’s All from Me