Porkatal
A young boy must adjust to a very new life in Porkatal, Sis Gurdal’s delicate drama about familial devotion and the loss of childhood innocence.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 19, 2026 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2026, Verdict Shorts |
A young boy must adjust to a very new life in Porkatal, Sis Gurdal’s delicate drama about familial devotion and the loss of childhood innocence.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 16, 2026 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2026, Verdict Shorts |
“We are basically their eyes, but it is like we don’t exist.” These are the...
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.
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