Film Reviews

GLIMPSE OF CHILDHOOD
directed by Nizami Murtuzayev

At first, it is notable in the short film A Glimpse of Childhood that the artistic team behind the film clearly know the craft of filmmaking and does have excellent skills to tell stories through that medium, whether they have a professional background or not...FULL REVIEW                                                                                                                                     

AND THIS IS MY BODY   
directed by Concha Vidal

And this is my body is a film, which 'grows' out of a painting, but what starts as a calm, idyllic vision turns into the opposite, of what we see at the beginning. A woman lies on the ground with a tree coming out of her ear. .....FULL REVIEW                                                                                                                                                                                                            

MOISTURE
directed by Duda Gorter

All the characters are very interesting. They have deepness and faith. The Heroine acts very good and represents all the tension what a woman in her age and position "could" feel. Also she represents the loneliness and a life without perspective. But.....FULL REVIEW                 

SCREEN TIME
directed by Dimitry Brazhenko

The life of a character animated on a Wacom tablet, is forever changed, when he meets a companion created out of sand. This 5 minute animated short follows a classic romantic drama formula - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back – with the whimsical artist and evil creator as the antagonist....FULL REVIEW

TREASURE IMAGINATION
directed by Scott Rice

In the world of short films, when the main goal becomes showcasing technical abilities for making a feature, the result may end up resembling a flashy demo rather than an independent cinematic work....FULL REVIEW

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
directed by Genevieve Sulway

When Worlds Collide is a touching documentary about an accident that forever changed the town of Javea, Spain. Through a carefully crafted recounting of events, the film develops a clear narrative arc around the tragedy that claimed the lives of three triathletes and immortalized their legacy....FULL REVIEW             

GHOSTING SOCIETY
directed by Rory Knox

Three men retreat from society to go camping,setting the stage for a film that, despite its flaws— bare bones cinematography and poor sound recording—manages to be surprisingly entertaining and occasionally funny. .....FULL REVIEW                                                  

NAAGAYA
directed by David Hanju Youk

Naagaya, or 'go on forward' in Korean, is a dystopic vision of a post apocalyptic world. It is inhabited by zombie like creatures – humans wearing VR headsets, enslaved and controlled by a mysterious superpower....FULL REVIEW                                                                                                            

TRUE LOVE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN
directed by Erkan Can

True Love Is Never Forgotten addresses a very important social issue, which is the position of a women with a very strict traditional background where her family dominates and imposes pressure on whom to marry....FULL REVIEW

THE SERENA VARIATIONS 
directed by Warren Fischer

The Serena Variations is a visually stunning short film, with cinematography that transforms each frame into a painterly gem. Every shot feels meticulously crafted, offering a visual feast that captures the audience's attention from the very first moment.....FULL REVIEW                                                                                                                                                   

IL FUTURO PERDUTO
directed by Matthias Müller

The Lost Future is a fresh, experimental short film shot on 16mm where the filmmaker forgoes narrative storytelling to deliver a sensory experience. The film straddles the line between an art installation and a music video, sidestepping traditional conventions to pose existential questions about identity, perception, and the future.....FULL REVIEW                                      

ROCK OF THE DEAD
directed by Diego Ramos

Rock of the Dead is a punk rock comedy short that dives headfirst into absurdity, blending heavy metal, satanic rituals, and slapstick humour. At 20 minutes, it brims with enthusiasm, inventive ideas, and a rebellious spirit that captures the scrappy, DIY ethos of its subject—a struggling punk band....FULL REVIEW

VITA NOVA
directed by Dmytro Zavora

The film starts with a scene of veterans,limbs missing, making their way on crutches, amidst the rubble of a destroyed post-war German city. Over a decade ago, this image could have been a mere flashback from World War II archives and chronicles...FULL REVIEW