Tag: Sexual assault

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.

Single Light

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 25, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |

A young woman must deal with the physical and psychological bruises of a sexual assault in Shaylee Atary’s powerful dramatic short, Single Light.