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Sam Briggs
Sep 30, 2020
Dog’s Breakfast [Matt Bissett-Johnson, Australia, 2020]
Oft-times, the trials and tribulations of life can feel like a misguided wander through the halls of cosmic insanity.
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Sam Briggs
Sep 29, 2020
This is ME [Josh Pickup, UK, 2019]
Writer/director, Josh Pickup, does well to recognise the adaptability of Spoon Theory as a narrative device.
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Sam Briggs
Sep 29, 2020
Sojourn New Mexico [Cameron Kashani, USA/Italy/Spain, 2020]
A varied array of handheld clips stitched together provide structure for the piece. Narratively, we begin with a more general selection...
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Sam Briggs
Sep 26, 2020
Dark Tastes [Dan Couto, Canada, 2020]
Pitch dark both visually and tonally, steeped in mystery and intrigue, this ultra stylistic short piece is unparalleled in its ability to...
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Sally Roberts
Sep 22, 2020
Welcome to Usma [Christopher Sherwood, UK, 2020]
Written and directed by Christopher Sherwood, this comic spoof on tourist promotional videos takes us on a tour of some beautiful scenery...
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Sally Roberts
Sep 22, 2020
Untitled Ritual [Ruxandra Mitache, Romania, 2018]
Meditation is either someone’s idea of heaven or hell. For some, it can be a vital break from the chaos of the daily grind, for others...
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Sally Roberts
Sep 22, 2020
My Romanian Diary [Carmen Lidia Vidu, Romania, 2019]
One thing that Vidu does very well is the portrayal of women’s rights.
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Sally Roberts
Sep 22, 2020
Indignance [Chen Jiexiao, Singapore, 2017]
From Singin’ in the Rain [Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, USA, 1952] to the slightly less iconic but equally drenched finale of Step Up 2: The S
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Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2020
Sixth Grade [Yuzhuo Wang, China, 2020]
Gege Zhou and Wanli Ma are two primary schoolers doing their utmost to stay together against the wishes of Gege’s parents, who want to move.
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Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2020
The Erl King [Callum Windsor, UK, 2020]
Julia, played by Louise Elliker, is the unlikely star of this film. She initially seems like the uninterested, unfeeling mother...
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![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
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![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
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