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Alison Girault
Sep 20, 2018
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Tracing Coyotes – A Dog Crosses My Way [Theresa Grysczok/Eeva Ojanperä, GER, 2016]
Tracing Coyotes – A Dog Crosses My Way is a mesmerising display of ingenuity. An exercise in stop-motion photography, imagist poetry and...
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Alison Girault
Jun 26, 2018
The Island [Martin Van Hassel, Spain, 2018]
Four strangers – a young woman draped in a silk gown, a nanny, a musician and an old man – meet at a pedestrian crossing where they...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
Juck [Olivia Kastebring/Julia Gumpert/Ulrika Bandeira, Sweden, 2018]
The final film to screen in the Generation 14-plus short film section at the Berlin International Film Festival 2018, and the programmers...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
Three Centimetres [Lara Zeidan, UK, 2017]
Within the confines of a Ferris wheel cabin on the pier of a Lebanese beach, we join four young women on a consolatory day out for one of...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
Symphony of a Sad Sea [Carlos Morales, Mexico, 2017]
Silence can often be an extremely powerful tool in moments of passive resistance, a way to negatively reinforce statements that have been...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
Bless You! (Na Zdrowie!) [Paulina Ziółkowska, Poland, 2018]
Na Zdrowie! (Bless You!) is a Polish animation written and directed by Paulina Ziółkowska. It is a surrealist comedy with dialogue...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Feb 26, 2018
Kiem Holijanda [Sarah Veltmeyer, Netherlands, 2017]
Kiem Holijanda follows the lives of two brothers living in a desolate town in Kosovo. At the start of the film, over the lingering image...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Feb 26, 2018
Vermine [Jeremie Becquer, Denmark, 2018]
Vermine (Vermin) is a Danish-produced animated short written, directed and co-animated by Jeremie Becquer. The story takes place in a...
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Feb 26, 2018
Premier Amour [Jules Carrin, Switzerland, 2017]
Premier Amour (First Love) is a Swiss production written and directed by Jules Carrin. The film opens with a farmer and his dog strolling...
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