Focus on female filmmakers: Tamara Kotevska on “The Tale of Silyan” | Interviews
A few years ago, the Macedonian film “Honeyland” made history as the first documentary to be nominated in the categories of Best International Feature Film…
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Focus on short films: Off the Face of the Earth (with Michael Pantozzi) | Short films in brief
Michael Pantozzi’s “Off The Face of the Earth” opens with a lonely photographer, Tim (Pantozzi), struggling to find the courage to delete his social media…
Short Film Focus: 24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays with Morrie (with Scott Tinkham) | Short films in brief
I’m not sure I’m fully qualified to write this review, although I have seen Scott Tinkham’s “24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays with Morrie” several times….
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” | Interviews
On 16 April 2025, a day after Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi’s intimate documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” was announced as a…
Focus on short films: “Stooper” (with Bennett Watanabe) | Short films in brief
“Stooper” by Bennett Watanabe tells the story of a boy (Valor Hirsch) on his tenth birthday. Presumably his mother is at work (or somewhere) while…
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Rebecca Miller on “Mr. Scorsese” | Interviews
The work of filmmaker and historian Martin Scorsese needs no introduction. The director behind countless iconic and award-winning films like “Taxi Driver,” “The Departed,” and…
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Hind Meddeb on “Sudan, Remember Us” | Interviews
Filmed in the wake of a revolution that gave way to a military coup, Hind Meddeb’s powerfully poetic documentary “Sudan, Remember Us” introduces to the…
Short films in Focus: The Vacation | Short films to the point
“The Vacation” begins with a hairdresser named Aaron (Drew Morris) seated in his car, who will not start. Today, these are his vacation. All he…
Les cinéastes de Focus: Victoria Mahoney sur “The Old Guard 2” | Interviews
Il y a cinq ans, la cinéaste Gina Prince-Bythewood a brisé Hollywood Ground lorsqu’elle a réalisé «The Old Guard» pour Netflix, devenant la première femme…
Short films in Focus: Q & A with the director “Living Reality” Philip Thompson | Short films to the point
Philip Thompson’s “living reality” takes viewers into a strange trip through a terrible television sitcom, where the characters recite lines that hack the writers that…