LUCHA and the EKEKO, written and directed by Roger Edwards Jr., is an 8-minute animated film that closely watches as a mother and daughter find new meaning in their relationship through an old memory. The orphaned child gains fresh perspective on her adoptive mother just as the latter shares the story of a shift in… Continue reading LUCHA and the EKEKO: Daughters and The Journeys To Their Mothers
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Outcry: Gains, Losses, And All We (Don’t) Expect From Them
P.M. Lipscomb’s Outcry constructs a drama of grief that twists itself into a gnarly, bittersweet thing. At its centre is Neil, a man whose world has been leached of meaning since the death of his wife. Orbiting him are a sibling duo whose lives could change in the best or worst ways. As the film… Continue reading Outcry: Gains, Losses, And All We (Don’t) Expect From Them
The Gossip: The How-To Of Breaking A Friend’s Heart
Rolfin Nyhus’ The Gossip splits its time between the two parties involved in such a premise: the offender and the victim. Two best friends now at a precarious crossroads, the film is blunt in tracing their journey to this point. Kirsty’s (Eleanor Shaw) life is in shambles. A bad boyfriend (Dave Binder) and a drug… Continue reading The Gossip: The How-To Of Breaking A Friend’s Heart
Gold: A Spot Of Shining Optimism
Charles Solomon’s Gold takes place at a time in Nigeria’s history marked by political violence. The story of a family set against this larger political climate creates a microcosm with which to understand the lives of the common people affected by things that appear beyond their control. Though the film opens with a humiliating event,… Continue reading Gold: A Spot Of Shining Optimism
Bob: Toeing The Thin Line Between Reasonable Caution And Bias
With the 18-minute film Bob, written by Dan Brier, director Drew Bierut makes a sweetly peculiar comedy that does not immediately reveal its cards. The uncertainty of what could happen keeps the audience and the characters, if not entirely on the edge of their seats, then certainly a moderate amount cautious. On the surface of… Continue reading Bob: Toeing The Thin Line Between Reasonable Caution And Bias
Dare to Dream: A Self-Destructive Path In Pursuit Of Approval
Alex Bates’ Dare to Dream is a drama about a young chef’s destructive desire to prove himself worthy to his abusive father, also a chef. Incorporating a quasi-emotional realism approach to portray his downward spiral, the film is a 30-minute saga of negotiating legacy. Despite what the title might lead viewers to assume, Dare to… Continue reading Dare to Dream: A Self-Destructive Path In Pursuit Of Approval
Left Behind: On The Isolation During And After Abuse
Through Left Behind Matthew R. Ford details and explores the aftermath of relationship abuse and all the ways it leaches the humanity out of its victims and survivors. Indeed, the difference between victimhood and survivorship is also put under scrutiny. Two women populate the world of Left Behind; Melissa (Grace Farrell) and Kat (Savannah Gallo).… Continue reading Left Behind: On The Isolation During And After Abuse
Incompleteness: A Series That Questions Everything
A three-part series, Dave Ash’s Incompleteness intertwines three different storylines to delve into questions of metaphysics and ask larger questions about the very frameworks that govern storytelling. Episode one introduces the main players and sets up their individual and overlapping storylines. Alex (Matt Bailey) is dying and racing against time to make a film as… Continue reading Incompleteness: A Series That Questions Everything
The Man Who Wouldn’t Cry: Dry Eyeballs And Razor-Edged Satire
Mannen som inte ville gråta (The Man Who Wouldn’t Cry) is a comedy that serves as a guise beneath which it distils the very real tendencies of the world. Satirizing the way companies function, the 16-minute film is based on a Stig Dagerman short story, written by Björn Boström and directed by Emil T. Jonsson. … Continue reading The Man Who Wouldn’t Cry: Dry Eyeballs And Razor-Edged Satire
Two Knights: Faith, Bitterness And Love Over Millennia
Piotr Szkopiak’s Two Knights is a dark-toned story of anger, questioning righteousness, morality, and the bounds of religion and duty. At its centre are Lucifer and Archangel Michael, whom Lucifer has invited for a game of chess. The writing credits are shared between Reece J. Morant, Adrian Darko and Tommaso Genovesi. The two characters may… Continue reading Two Knights: Faith, Bitterness And Love Over Millennia