Muna
A teenager navigates the social pressures of school and the expectations of family in Muna, a thoughtful coming-of-age drama about personal desires and dislocated grief.
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Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 16, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |
A teenager navigates the social pressures of school and the expectations of family in Muna, a thoughtful coming-of-age drama about personal desires and dislocated grief.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 27, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Angelica Maria Torres Tamayo works through a personal tragedy in Pirsas, a deeply affecting documentary about a family trauma and the prospect of recovery.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 26, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |
History, folklore, and contemporary realities intertwine in Amma ki Katha, Nehal Vyas’ essayistic meditation on national aspiration and how stories become enmeshed in state oppression.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |
The inconsistencies of adolescence are the challenges of burgeoning womanhood are central to Leila Basma’s knotty and intoxicating coming-of-age short, Sea Salt.
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