Category: Film Review

Film Festivals, Film Review, Live action short

***** TRIBECA 2023 – THE SPERM BANK is a clever comedy that touches on a serious issue

The Sperm Bank was written and created by Rob Scerbo and Jeremy Culhane. This incredible short was actually based on the writer and star Rob Scerbo’s real life experiences as he was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer.  Rob Scerbo’s brilliant comedic timing is displayed in this important film as he stars as a young man with cancer. Rob visits a sperm bank with two … Continue reading ***** TRIBECA 2023 – THE SPERM BANK is a clever comedy that touches on a serious issue

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Awards Season, Film Review, Films, Tribeca Film Festival

TRIBECA 23 – ***** Sean McCarron’s captivating animated short film CORVINE deserves to be on the next Oscar ballot

Sean McCarron’s animated short film CORVINE shares a story of a boy who loves nature, especially crows. As an eccentric boy he has trouble fitting in at school due to his obsession with crows.  This magical tale stays in your mind long after the credits have rolled. Corvine, is a likeable boy who has a cute obsession with crows, he talks with them and even … Continue reading TRIBECA 23 – ***** Sean McCarron’s captivating animated short film CORVINE deserves to be on the next Oscar ballot

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Academy Awards, Film Festivals, Film Review, Films, Live action short, Oscars, Short Film

***** CANNES – The expertly directed KILLING BORIS JOHSON is a must see British short film at the Cannes Film Festival

Every now and again you see a film which stays in your mind and KILLING BORIS JOHNSON is one of them. Created by students at The National Film and TV School, this visceral film displays a raw and valid response to the inequality between the government and the people during Covid. Not only is the acting incredible, the directing is superb. Expect this film to … Continue reading ***** CANNES – The expertly directed KILLING BORIS JOHSON is a must see British short film at the Cannes Film Festival

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CIFF, Comedy, Film Festivals, Film Review, Films, Live action short, Short Film

CIFF 2023: Mike Doxford’s NON-NEGOTIABLE – A heart-warming short film about an only child having to share her parents with the arrival of a new baby 

A review by Sonia McCloud Writer and director Mike Doxford’s short film of parents worrying about telling their only child that they are going to have a baby sister or brother is well choreographed with the non-negotiable terms and conditions presented by their only child; the list pretty much ticks off every worry that parents have when faced with this lovely dilemma.  Writer and director … Continue reading CIFF 2023: Mike Doxford’s NON-NEGOTIABLE – A heart-warming short film about an only child having to share her parents with the arrival of a new baby 

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CIFF, Film Festivals, Film Review, Films, Live action short, Short Film, Uncategorized

CIFF 2023: Sabina Vajraca’s SEVAP/MITZVAH – based on true events in Nazi-occupied Bosnia a Muslim woman risks her life to save a Jewish friend and her family

A review by Sonia McCloud A very powerful and overwhelming film, that captured the horror of war and religious persecution very accurately and so precisely; I was mesmerised and lived the experience, the fear, and every heart-thumping moment.  A very powerful and overwhelming film It is often said that ‘History repeats itself,’ and when the blight and evil of war and religious persecution came to … Continue reading CIFF 2023: Sabina Vajraca’s SEVAP/MITZVAH – based on true events in Nazi-occupied Bosnia a Muslim woman risks her life to save a Jewish friend and her family

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