a river holds a perfect memory
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.
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Posted 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 | Nov 16, 2024 | Featured, IDFA 2024 |
Delivered in his typically playful style, John Smith’s latest film, Being John Smith, is a wry reflection on the conventionality of his name dotted with radical flourishes.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 10, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |
A young woman confronts her true self in the mirror in this beautifully shot and symbolic evocation of an individual’s transition from female to male in Leo Behrens’ Skin.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 12, 2024 | Festivals, Stockfish 2024, Verdict Shorts |
The experimental short If I die, will I go home? unnervingly explores the psyche of a young man wrestling with how to survive as an adult when bound by the long grip of childhood trauma.
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