Manual for a Divorce
Peter Ghesquiere channels Wes Anderson in Manual for a Divorce, a mannered short comedy about a couple who are separated when their children get a divorce.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 17, 2024 | Cairo 2024, Verdict Shorts |
Peter Ghesquiere channels Wes Anderson in Manual for a Divorce, a mannered short comedy about a couple who are separated when their children get a divorce.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 16, 2024 | Featured, IDFA 2024 |
Delivered in his typically playful style, John Smith’s latest film, Being John Smith, is a wry reflection on the conventionality of his name dotted with radical flourishes.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 16, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |
An elderly man savours the small things on what might be his final day alive in Antonin Bonnot’s patient and touching short, At Dawn.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 14, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024, Verdict Shorts |
A checkpoint stop en route to Tehran leads to a young boy being held for drug possession. A moral quandary ensues in the emotive short, Alone Together.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 14, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |
The director and actress couple Na Gyi and Paing Phyo Thu have been in hiding since having to flee after their arrest was ordered by the military junta in 2021.
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