Dammen
A single wide-angle perspective gives an eerily voyeuristic air to the smart, lowkey exercise in building tension – Dammen.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 9, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Verdict Shorts |
A single wide-angle perspective gives an eerily voyeuristic air to the smart, lowkey exercise in building tension – Dammen.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 9, 2025 | Oldenburg 2025, Festivals |
The city in Lower Saxony comes to life with the return of Germany’s top indie festival, the Oldenburg Film Festival.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 19, 2024 | Festivals, IDFA 2024, Verdict Shorts |
How we consume images and what it means to be a distant onlooker lie at the heart of Miranda Pennell’s sobering, analytical short, Man Number 4.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 17, 2024 | Festivals, IDFA 2024, Verdict Shorts |
Malena Szlam uses in-camera editing to craft Archipelago of Earthen Bones – To Bunya, an evocative 16mm exploration of Australia’s vast central eastern ranges and their deep geological time.
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.
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