Verdigris
Chloe Brenan’s shimmering psychogeographic short, Verdigris, explores the nature of control and freedom in urban design through the impositions and inferences of the Paris metro.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |
Chloe Brenan’s shimmering psychogeographic short, Verdigris, explores the nature of control and freedom in urban design through the impositions and inferences of the Paris metro.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 5, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Tying together disparate locations in Northern England and Jamaica, Hope Strickland’s evocative boat ride, ‘a river holds a perfect memory,’ explores the interrelations between labour, memory and rivers.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 13, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Mass wig exportation becomes the lens through which the fascinating, spectral doc An Asian Ghost Story explores Hong Kong’s late 20th-century modernisation and position between East and West.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 11, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023, Verdict Shorts |
In the complex and thought-provoking essay film, Lumene: Privatisation, David Shongo reflects on the commodification of cultural memory and the lasting impacts of insidious colonial impositions.
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