SUNDANCE INTERVIEWS: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
In our first report from Sundance Film Festival 2020, we spoke to the director and stars of Eliza Hittman’s new movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always before it had its premiere at The Ray Theatre. Hittman was at Sundance a couple of years ago with her…
AFI FEST REVIEW: Atlantics (2019)
French-Senegalese actor and director Mati Diop made her short-film directorial debut in 2009 with Atlantiques, a documentary about Senegal (where her father was born) and the desperate people there who make treacherous boat-crossings in the hope of a better life. She has since made four…
AFI FEST REVIEW: Antigone (2019)
Taking a 2,500 year old play and turning it into something as urgent, contemporary and fresh as this new film, which is Canada’s entry for the Oscars (as the spoken language is Quebecois), is no mean feat. But it is one that has been taken…
REVIEW: And Then We Danced (AFI Fest 2019)
Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin had been wanting to make something set in Georgia for some time when he was inspired, a few years ago, by 50 young people holding the first Georgian Pride. They were subjected to a violent counter-protest of thousands of people, whipped…
Aesthetica 2019: A Portrait of Modern Britain
Comprising of 8 short films that encapsulate a multidimensional view of a country in a state of flux. Subjects such as culture, identity, racism and discrimination are explored through glimpses into a society with what at times feels like an uncertain future. I chose a…
Aesthetica 2019: Heartbreak
As the title suggests, this collection of shorts from the Aesthetica festival delivers more emotional heft than just laughs. These films, whilst extremely funny, also aim to have you shed a tear or two (or three in my case). Subjects such as loss, rejection and…
Aesthetica 2019: Who’s To Blame?
This Thriller category brings with it a cavalcade of quality that is staggering. I could wax lyrical about every one of the short films in this group. Toxic masculinity, the Me Too movement, discrimination and the occult are all topics within these fantastically assembled examples….
Aesthetica 2019: Hopeful Escape
The Hopeful Escape segment of Animation at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival is a strong group indeed. These examples all demonstrate the theme of escape and this subject can be clearly identified in each instance. There are a diverse range of genres represented within this…
Aesthetica 2019: Day One
Day 1 at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival and it is immediately apparent how well organised the event is. From the multiple locations, clearly mapped and scheduled to the extremely helpful staff always on hand if, like me, you may be stood around with a…
NashFilm 2019: Top 3
Directed by Sofie Edvardsson, Top 3 is a romantic comedy that tells the gradual story of love, aspiration, wanderlust and pain. Anton, a list obsessive university student, falls in love with David, a travel hungry soul who waits until the right moment to first approach…
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