Review: Faya Dayi (2021)
Along with Beshir’s artistry, one of the film’s key assets is its filming location, the historical city of Harar in Eastern Ethiopia.
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Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
The Canadian film writer, producer and festival programmer Kier-La Janisse tries to put her arms around everything connected to folk-horror in her very ambitious feature-length directorial debut ‘Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror’ that clocks over three hours and features a legion of film and literature scholars, journalists and filmmakers from all over the world.
Review: Strive, Strive, Strive (2021)
Atlético was the first Brazilian club to take a European tour after the World War II and to bring the Brazilian football to Europe and the European football to Brazil.
Programme overview: Vienna Shorts Austrian Competition 3 – Are You Receiving Me?
We need to “get” and “be gotten”, to “receive” and be “received”.
Review: Armadila (2020)
A short, hormonally charged drama ‘Armadila’ written and directed by Gorana Jovanović, opens with a close-up on a teen girl’s face, while she is listening to an old, somewhat forgotten new wave hit on her phone.
Review: Parallel 28 (2021)
Santiago Bonilla opens his short documentary ‘Parallel 28’ with almost abstract images of white textures that could pass as mountains covered by snow or the sea foam driven by waves…
Review: Cramps (2020)
‘Cramps’ had an online life on the festival circuit since 2020, but Vienna Shorts, where it was screened in Nightmares – The Little Ones slot of the Late Night programme served as its physical premiere.
Review: Dar-Dar (2020)
Urkijo Alijo does a very cleaver trick to add an artificial layer of patina to the story, by filming it in stark black and white contrast and in boxy 4:3 aspect ratio, highlighting the feeling of an old, old movie with the textual cards of rhymed material replacing the dialogue completely
Review: The Criminals (2020)
Serhat Karaaslan creates a unique atmosphere and walks seamlessly through the genres, employing just the right solutions in just the right places.
