Category: Films

Film Festivals, Film Review, Films, HollyShorts Film Festival, Live action short, Short Film

HOLLYSHORTS Spotlight on Derek Magyar’s River of Grass starring Dylan McTee and Marceline Hugot

Writer and director Derek Magyar’s short film is based in the American backwaters of the seventies; it is a wonderfully slow-paced tale, very much in keeping with the time and everglade lifestyle. PTSD a misunderstood medical disorder clashing with the strongly emerging blight of drugs is a heady cocktail for disaster. Actor Dylan McTee’s role is noteworthy for his depiction of the repressed sufferer unable … Continue reading HOLLYSHORTS Spotlight on Derek Magyar’s River of Grass starring Dylan McTee and Marceline Hugot

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Animation Short, Awards Season, BAFTA, Filmmaker Interview, Filmmaker Spotlight, Films, Short Film

BAFTA Spotlight: Interview with Bafta Nominated Crab Day directed by Ross Stringer

What drew you to start a career in animation? I never planned it really, but I’d started playing around with animation as a hobby in college, and then I tried my luck at a university course, and then I tried my luck at an MA, and then I was an animator. I think it had something to do with being exposed to independent short films … Continue reading BAFTA Spotlight: Interview with Bafta Nominated Crab Day directed by Ross Stringer

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Documentary, Events, Film Festivals, Films

Festival spotlight: important new Italian documentaries screen in London during second bi-annual Italian Doc Season

Following the inaugural season in June 2023, the second ITALIAN DOC SEASON returns to London’s Bertha DocHouse 27 – 28 January 2024. This two-day celebration of Italian film will present three relevant and acclaimed documentaries to London audiences. The films in this season focus sharply on topics that resonate in Italy and around the world: the current migrant crisis, the impact that automation and artificial intelligence may have … Continue reading Festival spotlight: important new Italian documentaries screen in London during second bi-annual Italian Doc Season

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

OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Oscar Shortlisted An Avocado Pit directed by Ary Zara executive produced by Elliot Page and Pageboy Productions

A transgender (Gaya Medeiros) very comfortable with who they are, an acceptance and confidence that radiates to the world.  Director Ary Zara has woven a complex storyline of two taboos into a theme that stereotypes the lives of everyday people being everyday people; there is no cheap sex and nudity, no mindless violence and certainly no vulgar language punched with sexual innuendos.  Two individuals, one … Continue reading OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Oscar Shortlisted An Avocado Pit directed by Ary Zara executive produced by Elliot Page and Pageboy Productions

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OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Oscar Shortlisted Good Boy directed by Tom Stuart and starring Ben Whishaw and Marion Bailey

An off-beat short film by first-time director Tom Stuart looks at relationships in grief, love, and life. The script is minimalist in its content; however, the true essence is in the lead actor’s performance and both Whishaw and Bailey, deliver excellent executions. Accepting the present, tormented by the pain of the past, living with relations of varying nature and out of all this not letting … Continue reading OSCAR SPOTLIGHT: Oscar Shortlisted Good Boy directed by Tom Stuart and starring Ben Whishaw and Marion Bailey

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