Tag: Live action short film

Live action short, Oscars, Short Film

Oscar®-Qualified Beyond Silence Unveiled: Breaking the Cycle With Quiet Fury

In a post-#MeToo cinematic landscape hungry for stories that confront long-buried truths, few films cut as deeply, or as elegantly, as Beyond Silence. Now officially Oscar®-qualified and steadily gaining traction on the international festival circuit, this fierce yet delicately rendered short from director Marnie Blok proves that the most seismic stories don’t always arrive with a shout. Sometimes, they whisper, and the echo is devastating. Blok, already celebrated … Continue reading Oscar®-Qualified Beyond Silence Unveiled: Breaking the Cycle With Quiet Fury

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Film Review

OSCAR CONTENDING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker “Daood grew up in the eastern Syrian desert and lived through the ISIS regime”

With their short film WALUD ولود, co-directors Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker have crafted one of the most arresting and quietly unsettling works to emerge from the international festival circuit this year. Recently qualified for the 2026 Academy Awards, the film continues to gather momentum as it screens at Oscar®-qualifying festivals including Santa Fe, Aesthetica, Norwich, FeFF and EnergaCAMERIMAGE. Set in the rural Syrian desert during the height of ISIS control, … Continue reading OSCAR CONTENDING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT – Daood Alabdulaa and Louise Zenker “Daood grew up in the eastern Syrian desert and lived through the ISIS regime”

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Awards Season, BAFTA, Interview, Short Film

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

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Academy Awards, Awards Season, Film Review, Live action short

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

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Awards Season, BAFTA, Film Business, Film Review, Films, Live action short, Short Film

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

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