Tag: Female Director

Awards Season, Film Festivals, Film Review, Short Film

Film Review: Boyfighter – A Visceral Vision of Legacy and Love by Julia Weisberg Cortés

Screening at the OSCAR-qualifying HollyShorts film festival In Boyfighter, director Julia Weisberg Cortés delivers a lyrical gut-punch, a film that stares unflinchingly into generational trauma while holding space for tenderness, reckoning, and repair. This Oscar-qualified short, premiering at HollyShorts as part of the 2025 Indeed Rising Voices program, marks a defining moment in Cortés’ evolving career. Known for emotionally intimate work grounded in cultural identity, Boyfighter sees her … Continue reading Film Review: Boyfighter – A Visceral Vision of Legacy and Love by Julia Weisberg Cortés

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Filmmaker Interview, Filmmaker Spotlight, Live action short, Raindance, Short Film, Uncategorized

RAINDANCE SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Radha Mehta – Director of WITNESS

In this interview, director Radha Mehta discusses her powerful short film WITNESS that made its European premiere at London’s 2025 Raindance Film Festival. WITNESS explores a quiet moral reckoning within a devout Muslim community—what initially inspired you to center the story on an imam and a trans man seeking spiritual belonging? WITNESS was born from a deeply personal place—originally written by Saif Jaan, inspired by … Continue reading RAINDANCE SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Radha Mehta – Director of WITNESS

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Film Festivals, Film Review, Films, Live action short, Raindance, Short Film

A Soul-Stirring Triumph of Queer, Spiritual Cinema

Every once in a while, a short film arrives that doesn’t just move you—it reorients your emotional and moral compass. WITNESS, the extraordinary new work from directors Radha Mehta and Saif Jaan, is one of those rare pieces. Bold, tender, and quietly revolutionary, this film is a masterclass in storytelling that pulses with empathy and moral clarity. Bold, tender, and quietly revolutionary, Set in a devout, … Continue reading A Soul-Stirring Triumph of Queer, Spiritual Cinema

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Documentary, Feature, Film Review, VOD

REVIEW: JessZilla – Triumphant Documentary of a Boxing Icon

JessZilla from director Emily Sheskin, is a triumphant and deeply affecting documentary that goes far beyond the ropes of the boxing ring, recounting a young girl’s extraordinary journey marked by blood, sweat and many tears. The focus is on 15-year-old Jesselyn “JessZilla” Silva from New Jersey, a fierce and charismatic fighter training to become a professional boxer while navigating the everyday joys and burdens of … Continue reading REVIEW: JessZilla – Triumphant Documentary of a Boxing Icon

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Film Review, Films, Live action short, Tribeca Film Festival

I WANT TO FEEL FUN – Jessica Sanders’ Improvised, Irresistible Comedy at Tribeca

Oscar-nominated director Jessica Sanders returns to the festival circuit with I WANT TO FEEL FUN, a breezy, sharp-witted short comedy premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. Known for her skillful balance of documentary authenticity and narrative craft, Sanders again proves why she’s one of the most versatile voices in independent cinema. Inspired by something as delightfully mundane as a Nicki Minaj shower curtain spotted in Esther … Continue reading I WANT TO FEEL FUN – Jessica Sanders’ Improvised, Irresistible Comedy at Tribeca

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