Coyotes
Said Zagha’s pulsating neo-noir probes at the dark consequences of being pushed to breaking point in Coyotes, a genre-inflected Palestinian short.
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Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 29, 2025 | Festivals, VENICE 2025, Verdict Shorts |
Said Zagha’s pulsating neo-noir probes at the dark consequences of being pushed to breaking point in Coyotes, a genre-inflected Palestinian short.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 21, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |
Santiago, Chile is both brought into focus and dreamily abstracted in Towards the Sun, Far from the Centre, a languid city symphony featuring a queer couple looking for a space in which they can express themselves.
Read MorePosted by Carmen Gray | Oct 11, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023 |
A married LGBTQ+ couple worry if a future Armenia will honour the rights of their non-conventional family, in this intimately observational, activism-based doc.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 15, 2023 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2023, Verdict Shorts |
A mother and father are confronted with an agonising dilemma as they attempt to prepare the body of their young transgender child for burial in Ahmad Alyaseer’s ‘Our Males and Females’.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 13, 2023 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2023, Verdict Shorts |
A tentative friendship begins between a cleaner and the woman who employs her in Cleaner, a delicately wrought drama about relationships and their boundaries.
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