La belle année
Documentary and fiction are interwoven in ‘La belle année’, a contemplative self-portrait that connects contemporary grief and teenage romantic obsession to tantalising effect.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026 |
Documentary and fiction are interwoven in ‘La belle année’, a contemplative self-portrait that connects contemporary grief and teenage romantic obsession to tantalising effect.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 13, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Mattie Do’s The Sleeping Beauty is a beguiling fairy tale of accursed love that blends fantasy and horror, born of traditional Laotian folklore.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 13, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025 |
Louise Hemon’s feature fiction debut, The Girl in the Snow, takes real life stories and conjures with them an enthralling period chamber piece with folk horror inflections.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 12, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Labour and mythology come crashing together in The Boy with White Skin, a disquieting short set in the pitch darkness of a Senegalese gold mine.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 9, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Verdict Shorts |
A single wide-angle perspective gives an eerily voyeuristic air to the smart, lowkey exercise in building tension – Dammen.
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