OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES – Inside, The Valley Sings: A Visceral, Beautiful Cry from Within the Walls
In an era when issue‑driven documentary cinema often teeters between advocacy and art, Nathan Fagan’s Inside, The Valley Sings stands out as a work of rare ambition and emotional clarity. With this animated documentary he offers us not merely a depiction of solitary confinement but an immersive journey into the mind of isolation. Rendered through the sinuous hand‑drawn animation of Natasza Cetner, the film transforms what could easily have … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES – Inside, The Valley Sings: A Visceral, Beautiful Cry from Within the Walls
INTERVIEW: BROTHERS
BAFTA Qualifying short film BROTHERS is a heartbreaking dance with morality. We sat down with filmmaker Ross Syner to break down his creative process for the prestige film. INTERVIEW: During lockdown, Leanne and I came across a true-crime story that sparked a simple but unsettling question: what would you do if a family member confessed to a serious crime? Brothers isn’t based on that case at all, but … Continue reading INTERVIEW: BROTHERS
OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES – THE PEARL COMB – An Evocative Folk-inspired Mystery
Set in 1893 Cornwall, The Pearl Comb unfolds the story of Betty Lutey (Beatie Edney), a fisherman’s wife whose miraculous gift to cure tuberculosis attracts the scrutiny of a skeptical doctor sent to investigate. What begins as the premise for a genteel period drama soon veers into the uncanny, as Betty recounts an extraordinary tale steeped in folklore and sea-born magic that carries the viewer into stranger, … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES – THE PEARL COMB – An Evocative Folk-inspired Mystery
OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES: Ross Syner’s BROTHERS grips with moral ferocity and emotional precision
By Sally Green Few short films possess the narrative control and moral weight of BROTHERS. Ross Syner’s latest work unfolds with the taut precision of a stage play and the emotional intimacy of a confession. A grandfather, two grandsons, and an unspoken secret, that is all the film needs to interrogate the meaning of loyalty and the price of conscience. From the first frame, Syner’s direction … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING SERIES: Ross Syner’s BROTHERS grips with moral ferocity and emotional precision
THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS: Daring, Poetic, and Utterly Original
In There Will Come Soft Rains, Afghan filmmaker Elham Ehsas offers a singularly powerful response to the climate crisis. Not through sweeping environmental imagery or catastrophe, but through a single woman’s quiet, defiant act of love. The short film which is now Oscar® and BAFTA-qualified, is one of the most radical pieces of climate storytelling in recent memory precisely because it refuses spectacle, and instead reaches … Continue reading THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS: Daring, Poetic, and Utterly Original
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