Dear Orchid
Dear Orchid is a poetic and diaristic documentary, using the perspective of a child to ruminate on fleeing the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 17, 2026 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2026, Verdict Shorts |
Dear Orchid is a poetic and diaristic documentary, using the perspective of a child to ruminate on fleeing the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 11, 2026 | Featured, Verdict Shorts |
Marjolaine Perreten’s expressive animation, Singularity, combines a goofy and loveable protagonist with a sombre depiction of nature’s red teeth and claws in twilight of the Ice Age.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 3, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |
A widower becomes aware of his daughter becoming a woman in 32B, Mohamed Tamer’s awkward but touching Cairo-set comedy.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
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