TRIBECA DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Elena Parasco Brings A Tender, Unsettling New York Story To Tribeca With I’M NOT HOME
Writer-director Elena Parasco is making a notable arrival on the independent film landscape with I’m Not Home, the atmospheric debut short premiering at the Tribeca Festival. Starring Julian De Niro and Eli Brown, the Queens-set drama marks Parasco’s transition from experimental and commissioned work into narrative filmmaking, bringing with it a highly controlled visual language and a distinctly sensory approach to storytelling. Set over the course of a single afternoon, I’m Not Home follows … Continue reading TRIBECA DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Elena Parasco Brings A Tender, Unsettling New York Story To Tribeca With I’M NOT HOME
Oscar-Nominated The Singers: Sam Davis on Underdogs, Improvisation and Finding Beauty in Ordinary Rooms
By Rebecca Ford Now streaming globally on Netflix, The Singers is an Oscar-nominated, genre-bending short from two-time Academy Award® nominee Sam A. Davis. Inspired by a nineteenth-century story from Ivan Turgenev, the film reimagines classic literature as a contemporary meditation on connection, artistry and the overlooked voices hiding in plain sight. Set inside a down-at-heel pub filled with downtrodden men, The Singers unfolds around an impromptu sing-off that gradually dissolves emotional barriers. … Continue reading Oscar-Nominated The Singers: Sam Davis on Underdogs, Improvisation and Finding Beauty in Ordinary Rooms
BAFTA Spotlight: Luís Hindman, Building Cinematic Worlds from Within in BAFTA-Nominated Breakout MAGID / ZAFAR
Luís Hindman’s MAGID / ZAFAR announces a filmmaker interested in interior scale, stories that feel expansive without leaving the room. The BIFA-winning, BAFTA-nominated short unfolds across a single night inside a British Pakistani takeaway, but its impact comes from the density of detail, the precision of sound and the emotional architecture underpinning every creative decision. For Hindman, the physical space was never simply a location, it was … Continue reading BAFTA Spotlight: Luís Hindman, Building Cinematic Worlds from Within in BAFTA-Nominated Breakout MAGID / ZAFAR
BAFTA-Nominated Shorts, Frontrunners in Live Action and Animated Short
This year’s BAFTA-nominated shorts include two standout frontrunners in their respective categories, Kathryn Ferguson’s Nostalgie, a leading contender in Live Action Short, and Luke Angus’s Solstice, one of the strongest frontrunners in Animated Short. Working in radically different modes, both films have emerged as defining works of this year’s short film race. Nostalgie, Live Action Short Frontrunner Kathryn Ferguson’s Nostalgie has positioned itself as a frontrunner in the Live Action Short category. Starring … Continue reading BAFTA-Nominated Shorts, Frontrunners in Live Action and Animated Short
Oscar Nominated: Tears That Turn to Treasure The Dark Fairytale Beauty of The Girl Who Cried Pearls
The Girl Who Cried Pearls is a darkly lyrical animated short that unfolds like a cautionary fairy tale passed down through generations, its beauty inseparable from its cruelty. Directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the film tells a haunting story of grief and devotion, centred on a young girl whose overwhelming sorrow manifests in an extraordinary and unsettling way. Each tear she sheds becomes … Continue reading Oscar Nominated: Tears That Turn to Treasure The Dark Fairytale Beauty of The Girl Who Cried Pearls
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