Amma ki Katha (My Amma’s Tale)
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 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.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Unspoken traumas are made manifest in Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi’s beautifully drawn and profoundly moving animated allegory, In the Shadow of the Cypress.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 11, 2023 | Cine Verdict, Festivals, Locarno 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Mátalos a todos de Sebastian Molina Ruiz combina la estética grunge en video con elementos epistolares para explorar el sentimiento adolescente de aislamiento .
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