OSCAR Spotlight: CLODAGH directed by filmmaker Portia A. Buckley is a charming Irish short

Clodagh has qualified to be considered for the 2025 Oscars, it is directed by Portia A. Buckley. When Mrs Kelly (Bríd Ní Neachtain), a quiet, forlorn and rigorously devout housekeeper, happens upon Clodagh (Katelyn Rose Downey), a young girl with an extraordinary gift, she is faced with a moral dilemma that will challenge her religious integrity. CLODAGH is a charming drama that is sure to pull on the heartstrings and … Continue reading OSCAR Spotlight: CLODAGH directed by filmmaker Portia A. Buckley is a charming Irish short

OSCAR Spotlight: TEA directed by Blake Rice and starring Michael Gandolfini

Tea has qualified to be considered for the 2025 Oscars, it is directed by Blake Rice. Sat outside in front of a camcorder, a lonely young Circuit-Shack employee is rehearsing his lines to ask out the girl of his dreams, when a sudden hornet sting throws everything into chaos. Blake Rice’s TEA is a brilliant coming-of-age comedy that perfectly encapsulates the clumsiness of attempting to seek connection … Continue reading OSCAR Spotlight: TEA directed by Blake Rice and starring Michael Gandolfini

OSCAR Spotlight: CORPSE FISHING directed by Jean Liu takes inspiration from the real-life story of ‘body-fishermen’ on the Yellow River

CORPSE FISHING has qualified to be considered for the 2025 Oscars, it is directed by Jean Liu. British Chinese filmmaker Jean Liu’s evocative short COPRSE FISHING follows twenty-year-old Yan (Harmonie He) who strikes a deal with a stranger named Old Bo (Jizhong Zhang) to go fishing for bodies in a desperate attempt to find her missing father. This brilliant drama was inspired by the real-life story of … Continue reading OSCAR Spotlight: CORPSE FISHING directed by Jean Liu takes inspiration from the real-life story of ‘body-fishermen’ on the Yellow River

OSCAR Spotlight: HIS MOTHER directed by Maia Scalia and starring Bethany Anne Lind

His Mother has qualified to be considered for the 2025 Oscars, it is directed by Maia Scalia. What is a ‘Mother?’  someone who is loving, caring, compassionate, protective, extraordinary, and much, much more. A very down to earth and raw depiction of a mother; Maia Scalia, successfully merges what a mother is and a child’s misguided mindset; it questions the audiences view of motherhood and asks … Continue reading OSCAR Spotlight: HIS MOTHER directed by Maia Scalia and starring Bethany Anne Lind

HOLLYSHORTS Spotlight: Dovecote directed by Marco Perego starring Zoe Saldaña

The dark and overcast sky opens to an ethereal other world; a colourless place with long corridors and arches that become engulfed with a longing and an ache, that screams, one day very soon. The choice to draw on raw acting and cinematic sound added a bold depth to the film and successfully melded the transition from ‘in here,’ to ‘out there.’ raw acting and … Continue reading HOLLYSHORTS Spotlight: Dovecote directed by Marco Perego starring Zoe Saldaña