At Dawn
An elderly man savours the small things on what might be his final day alive in Antonin Bonnot’s patient and touching short, At Dawn.
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Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 16, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |
An elderly man savours the small things on what might be his final day alive in Antonin Bonnot’s patient and touching short, At Dawn.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 14, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |
A checkpoint stop en route to Tehran leads to a young boy being held for drug possession. A moral quandary ensues in the emotive short, Alone Together.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 14, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |
A man finds himself confined in a doorless room in Nicolai Schumann’s claustrophobic monochrome character study, The Lonely Musketeer, built on a remarkable performance by Edward Hogg.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 13, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |
Maurice O’Carroll’s propulsive boxing-cum-crime drama, Swing Bout, bristles with the energy of the ring in this tale of young hopefuls waiting for their chance.
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