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OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Aysha – Living in a country riddled by war and destruction, existence and a way out is eked out by being smart, imaginative and quick-witted

Director, writer and producer Cengiz Akaygün has brought to life one moment in time of a family seeking that way out. The storyline is well scripted and covers the effect, emotionally, physically and mentally the war is having on this small family of three. The mother, played by Halima Ilter, has seen much misery and her experience has hardened, her, she is pragmatic and a survivor not … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Aysha – Living in a country riddled by war and destruction, existence and a way out is eked out by being smart, imaginative and quick-witted

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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 Silent Echo: A remote and barren village with the backdrop of the majestic Himalayas is the idyllic setting to have courage and live the dream 

To dream and to immerse oneself in that moment requires no money, no setting and definitely no hard work, it just needs the power of imagination, there are no boundaries no limits to how far and beyond you can go. there are no boundaries no limits to how far and beyond you can go The difference is converting that dream into reality, that is a … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – The Silent Echo: A remote and barren village with the backdrop of the majestic Himalayas is the idyllic setting to have courage and live the dream 

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OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Burros: Stark reality of human migration and its many pitfalls

Human migration whatever the cause whether due to duress, catastrophe, war or force is an event in that person’s life that only they can feel, they have reached a point in life that there is nowhere to go but away, far, far, away. Tragic and overwhelming what makes a person up stake and leave everything they have for a ‘better life or to just escape.’ … Continue reading OSCAR SHORTS FILM REVIEW – Burros: Stark reality of human migration and its many pitfalls

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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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