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The film opens to Jesse Thum’s music and it turns your calendar to about three decades ago. It’s the eighties and for another 15:54 minutes, director & writer Colin James ensures that you don’t forget it. The popular horror genre of the eighties with the stock characters, gory visuals and thumping music made for the… Continue reading ‘Birthday Bash’ Brings Back The 80s’ Famed Slasher Horror Back To Screen!

‘Bonsai’ is a 14:08 minutes long film, directed by Sebastian Ortiz Wilkins on loss, pain and healing. When Frida (Cassandra Naud) loses her mother Lu (Katia Plotnikoff), little does she know how to cope with the monumental loss. Her father, Finn, played by Paul Snider is equally lost, being grief-stricken himself. As the two struggle… Continue reading ‘Bonsai’ Offers A Way Of Coping With Loss…

Written & produced by Buffy Milner, ‘Type’ is a 7:46 minutes long film on Type 1 Diabetes. For those unaware of this common ailment, the film could be educational and for those on the verge of losing their hope, this could be a revelation. Jamie (Buffy Milner) leads the life like most girls her age… Continue reading ‘Type’ Creates The Much Needed Awareness On Type I Diabetes.

Even the smartest woman second guesses her decisions. Even the most handsome face has his insecurities. There’s no one who isn’t vulnerable at some point. It’s natural to build walls around you when life throws unpleasant experiences. But, what are you without them? Who are you beneath them? These are the fundamental questions pursued in… Continue reading ‘Affection’ Is The Answer To Your Insecurities!

How long does it take you to form the first impression? Minutes, perhaps? And, how much does one’s appearance or demeanour become your yardstick in defining their character? Quite a bit, most likely? Well, we are all impressionable to the first glances and observations. But, Mark Mohn’s ‘A Good Man?’ is set to change your sense… Continue reading ‘A Good Man?’ Tells You How Deceptive Appearances Can Be!

It’s 1971 and we are in San Quentin State Prison, listening to an unnamed inmate. We see him in his incarceration and he begins talking. There’s a deathly calm to his voice and a forced restraint to his body language. His words are carefully chosen and yet they give an insight into his turmoil. Produced… Continue reading ‘Condemned’ Is A Raw Monologue Of Someone Awaiting Death…

We hear them, even before we see them. These are people we know, lives we are familiar with. We hear their everyday conversations and know that they sound just like any other from a household we are accustomed to. The haste in their tones, the hurried paces and rushed goodbyes, these are regular people and… Continue reading ‘Lullaby’ Is A Moving Tribute To Grandmas…

It’s the 1920s’ & there’s a deathly calm to the air in Brittany. Katic (Julia Gratens) is oblivious to it as she pokes around with her cards. Her uncle Yaneal (Damien Boisseau) is clearly not amused with her antics and needs to be bitterly reminded by his wife Adenora (Anne-Hélène Orvelin) as to why she… Continue reading ‘Le Linceul’ Horrifyingly Reminds You To Never Play With The Dead!

Written by Dominic Colón, ‘Skin’ is a 10:33 minutes’ long film on body image issues. But, what sets this short apart from its contemporaries is the parallel themes undertaken in the narrative, adding a quirky, even comical twist to the turn of events. Santos, played by Dominic Colón once weighed 400 pounds. Today, after losing… Continue reading ‘Skin’ Is A Sensitive Telling Of Body Image Issue Dealt With Humour By A Delightful Gay Couple!