Venice Film Festival - The Film Verdict

Sentimental Stories

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |

A largely deserted port plays host to subtle drama unraveling at a glacially pace in Xandra Popescu’s strangely beguiling study in stasis, Sentimental Stories.

Gasoline Rainbow

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

The freewheeling independence of the open road is given a Gen-Z spin in the Ross Brothers’ kinetic and affecting hybrid documentary, Gasoline Rainbow.

Malqueridas

Posted by Carmen Gray | Sep 7, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Women in Chilean prisons record motherhood and the raw pain of separation in Tana Gilbert’s empathetic and impressionistic, mobile-shot doc of solidarity.