Shorts to Love
The Short Fusion section of the Cambridge Film Festival is always such an unassuming, brilliant underdog, writes Elle Haywood.
Category Archives: Reviews
3 Days in Quiberon
3 DAYS IN QUIBERON reveals actor Romy Schneider’s dire need of being accepted by the industry, her family and, ultimately, herself.
Border (Gräns)
The race for the 91st Academy Awards’ Foreign Film category has long started, and this week the Cambridge Film Festival had the pleasure of screening the Swedish submission, Ali Abbasi’s fantasy film BORDER (GRÄNS). The tale featured in BORDER is a classic one: a protagonist, very much different to its entourage, possesses an unexplained power. … Continue reading Border (Gräns)
Shorts To Entertain
As part of ShortFusion at the Cambridge Film Festival, SHORTS… TO ENTERTAIN all certainly fulfil their purpose to entertain, writes Josh Ragan.
Burning (Beoning)
After an eight year hiatus, South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returns to cinema with BURNING: a slow yet methodical mystery thriller adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami. Jong-soo (Yoo Ah-in), a country boy from the vastly rural area of Paju, is aspiring to be a writer. He openly admires American authors William Faulkner … Continue reading Burning (Beoning)
Roobha
Canadian feature-film, ROOBHA highlights the difficulties faced not only of being transgender, but of being transgender within a conservative culture. Living in a Tamil community, ROOBHA (Amrit Sandhu) is a transgendered woman who is shunned and rejected by her family and who has to fight for her way of life. Things begin to improve for … Continue reading Roobha
Birds of Passage
BIRDS OF PASSAGE discusses the theme of tradition and its importance within a modern world that is constantly evolving and changing. Yemi Chabi reviews at Cambridge Film Festival.
Edinburgh Shorts: Friend or Foe
Edinburgh Short Film Festival’s program for November 4th proves adept at nixing assumptions and blending a varied set of tones and genres. Jim Ross previews.
Edinburgh Shorts: In The Dark
Anna Whealing previews the ‘In The Dark’ program of the 2018 Edinburgh Short Film Festival, where “there is much to sink your metaphorical teeth into”.
Ava
AVA is the fictionalised account of a teenage girl growing up in Iran. Our title character is a teenager we recognise – we see her gossiping with her friends, tolerating the strictures of school and finding solace in her talent for the violin. But one day a tiny act of rebellion thrusts her into a … Continue reading Ava