Tag: Female Director

Academy Awards, Awards Season, Film Review, Films, Oscars, Short Film

OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Sandstorm – A schoolgirl going through juvenescence, exploring her feminism in a patriarchal society

Director and writer Seemab Gul has opened a small window in a male controlled society, showing how girls and women manage their day to day life in it. The introduction of pubescence as a catalyst is a master stroke by Seemab because it is this period when a fragile body ravaged by frenzied hormones causes the greenness of youth to explore the limits of themselves and the … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Sandstorm – A schoolgirl going through juvenescence, exploring her feminism in a patriarchal society

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OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Ocean Duck: Inspired by Rumi’s thirteenth century epic poem the Masnavi

Huda Razzak produced and directed The Ocean Duck and has very successfully unravelled a particular point in the extensive Islamic theological works of the ‘Masnavi,’ Joining the old with the present is a well worked formula that Huda in the form of a very simple and refreshing animation has brought to life for the viewing pleasure of all ages. The Ocean Duck and has very … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Ocean Duck: Inspired by Rumi’s thirteenth century epic poem the Masnavi

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OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Triggered: Tara Westwood has taken on a highly controversial topic and one that has truly ripped open the beating heart of America, Gun Control!

The short introduction to this must see film hurtles into a scene that is so emotionally restrained and at the same time so overpowering in its delivery, that I am taken aback, my mind and senses racing and trying to understand ‘What is going on!’ and yet I can’t pull myself away from it. Hypnotic and building to a crescendo that is heart wrenchingly tragic … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Triggered: Tara Westwood has taken on a highly controversial topic and one that has truly ripped open the beating heart of America, Gun Control!

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HOLLYSHORTS 2022 – HollyShorts are celebrating their 18th year with an all-star line-up including James Franco, recent Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, June Squibb and more

18th Annual Oscar-Qualifying® HollyShorts Film Festival Reveals its Diverse 2022 Line-up Some of the stars and filmmakers featured this year include Academy Award Nominee® James Franco, Golden Globe and Grammy Nominee Wiz Khalifa, Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, Rosario Dawson, Nina Dobrev, Penn Badgley, Emmy Award-winner Brian Cox, Academy Award nominee June Squibb, SAG Winner Zachary Levi and more. Screening from August 11-20th, 2022 Los Angeles, CA (July 21st, 2022) — The Oscar® Qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL returns … Continue reading HOLLYSHORTS 2022 – HollyShorts are celebrating their 18th year with an all-star line-up including James Franco, recent Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, June Squibb and more

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INDY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Alana Hutton-Shaw’s FINDING DAD “Finding Dad, Finding Yourself…”

Finding Dad is Alana Hutton Shaw’s directorial debut that showcases the writer/director’s talent with this pivotal short film inspired by real events in the directors life. This cleverly written, sentimental account documents a young woman’s journey of self discovery and her search for the true meaning of family. This cleverly written, sentimental account documents a young woman’s journey of self discovery and her search for the … Continue reading INDY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Alana Hutton-Shaw’s FINDING DAD “Finding Dad, Finding Yourself…”

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