Skindiving: Storytelling Through Silence
To those unfamiliar with Victoria DeMartin's work, it does not take more than a few seconds into Skindiving to recognise...
Jump: Cruelty To The Self And Realistic Optimism
Perhaps one of the bleaker paradoxes to confront us is that of a depressed clown. And for as long as...
The Reading: A Reckoning Of Creative License, And A Shattering Story
Nora Jaenicke's The Reading (co-written with Bobby Peretti) wastes no time in setting up its plot. Opening with an author...
Cramming: Navigating The Unforgiving Maze Of Life As A Growing Child
Too often, narratives about teens and preteens on film focus on heady adventures and larger-than-life experiences, inclined more towards escapist...
Ba Ham: A Refugee Story For The Generations To Come
One is left wondering after this 30-minute long film. Is Ba Ham a tale of friendship or love? Is it...
Zaara: A Budding Filmmaker’s Dilemma Of Coping With A Reality That Doesn’t Match Her Dreams
Director-writer Hassan Raza’s 35:00-minute-long Zaara is many things at once. It’s a social drama, filmed with the distinct style of...
Lea: Growing Up Through The Bleaker Days Of Childhood
There is something about films like Lea that is so absorbingly intimate that seeing the last of the end credits...
Plastic Fingers: Uplifting Portrayal Of Life After Abuse And With Mental Illness
How do you work a heavy subject without it sagging under its own weight? David J Paradise attempts to answer...
400 Days Later: A Closer Look At The Effects Of The Pandemic On The Theatre Industry
Director/editor/DoP Stephen Bell’s 09:45 minute long film picks on the theatre industry. And, by focusing on the life of one...
I Still Am: Beginning At The End Of Abuse
A thriller impressively made during lockdown, Tara Lynn Rye and Simon O'Keefe's 11-minute I Still Am takes a psychological approach...
