Iceland - The Film Verdict

Empathfridges

Posted 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.

If I die, will I go home?

Posted 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.

Hafey

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 11, 2024 | Festivals, Stockfish 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A young women who suffered a stroke at the age of thirteen, Hafey reconnects with the use of her body through dance in this moving and affirming documentary portrait.