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Passport Wedding

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 1, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |

Hind Hamed is excellent as a widowed mother trying to give her daughter a start in life in Passport Wedding, Abdallah Al-Ziyadi’s intimate and expressive drama.

Rotation

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 1, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |

A young woman goes through a form of hypnotherapy in Maryna Er Gorbach’s luminous, evocative and deeply moving new short, Rotation.

Last Shot

Posted 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.

Beyond Silence

Posted 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.

The Boy with White Skin

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 12, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Verdict Shorts |

Labour and mythology come crashing together in The Boy with White Skin, a disquieting short set in the pitch darkness of a Senegalese gold mine.

Tag: short film

Passport Wedding

Rotation

Last Shot

Beyond Silence

The Boy with White Skin