Tag: misogyny

Second Skin

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 3, 2026 | Festivals, Featured, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |

The collaboration between three filmmakers to re-enact sexual assaults suffered by Russian women, Second Skin, is a staggering and imperative act of bearing witness.

Rahhala: Hayya ala Hayya

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 17, 2025 | Featured, Festivals, IDFA 2025, Verdict Shorts |

Harrowing memories of domestic abuse are recounted over striking images of the natural world in Rahhala: Hayya ala Hayya, Lujain Jo’s beautiful and brutal reckoning with trauma.