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Bye Bye Turtle

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 20, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A young girl avoiding her home and a woman returning to hers after a long absence form a brief but profound bond in Selin Oksuzoglu sparkling short, Bye Bye Turtle.

Circle

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 19, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

A young girl draws a circle on the ground and people are drawn to stand within its borders in Joung Yumi’s typically mannered and strangely engrossing monochrome animation.

DUCK

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 26, 2024 | Rotterdam 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

In the 16-minute short DUCK, visual artist Rachel Maclean co-opts the inherent suspicions of cinematic espionage to craft this surreal mash-up about the escalating media paranoia.

An Asian Ghost Story

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 13, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023, Verdict Shorts |

Mass wig exportation becomes the lens through which the fascinating, spectral doc An Asian Ghost Story explores Hong Kong’s late 20th-century modernisation and position between East and West.

Lumene: Privatisation

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 11, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023, Verdict Shorts |

In the complex and thought-provoking essay film, Lumene: Privatisation, David Shongo reflects on the commodification of cultural memory and the lasting impacts of insidious colonial impositions.

Tag: short

Bye Bye Turtle

Circle

DUCK

An Asian Ghost Story

Lumene: Privatisation