Last Shot
The sobering drama, ‘Last Shot’, pays homage to journalists killed in Palestine with an affecting tale about displacement and a photographer’s final, tragic image.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 31, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |
The sobering drama, ‘Last Shot’, pays homage to journalists killed in Palestine with an affecting tale about displacement and a photographer’s final, tragic image.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 4, 2026 | 2026 Oscars, Contenders 2026, Featured |
Henrianne Jansen gives a remarkable debut performance in Marnie Blok’s intimate and powerful chamber piece about the pressures heaped on victims of abuse, Beyond Silence.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 15, 2025 | IDFA 2025, Featured, Verdict Shorts |
Firat Yucel’s desktop documentary, happiness, is an impressive attempt to convey the helplessness and emotional overwhelm felt in the contemporary, hyper-connected world.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 21, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025, Verdict Shorts |
The documentary vignette ‘I Believe the Portrait Saved Me’ uses a deeply personal story to explore the power of creativity and evoke the teetering knife edge of survival.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 14, 2025 | Featured |
A woman repeatedly fails a Captcha test and starts to wonder whether she is, in fact, a robot in the high concept identity crisis drama, I’m Not a Robot.
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