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In Conversation with Ólafur Arnalds on When We Are Born
Image Credit: Anna Maggy Ólafur Arnalds, Icelandic composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, premiered his short film When We Are...
Dong Liu
Oct 20, 20216 min read


In Conversation with Aurora Brachman, director of Joychild
Aurora Brachman’s short film ‘Joychild’ is a 6 minute-long testament to the experiences of a young trans boy coming out to his mother. In...
Aybike Ceren Kahveci
Oct 8, 20214 min read


A Student Guide to Cannes Film Festival
On the French Riviera, Cannes hosts one of the most important film festivals in the world. Unlike other festivals, it is an exclusive...
Daria Popesco
Aug 13, 20213 min read


In Conversation with Haroula Rose, director of Once Upon a River
Haroula Rose’s multi-award winning ‘Once Upon a River’ is a poignant unfolding of the unrelenting adversities faced by Margo Crane,...
Saffron Brown Davis
May 7, 20214 min read


'Minari’ Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s exploration of family dynamics, through a Korean-American lens
In Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’ (2020), as in Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Burning’ (2018), actor Steven Yeun plays the role of a deeply struggling...
Aybike Ceren Kahveci
Apr 19, 20213 min read


In Conversation with Joan Iyiola, writer and producer of Dọlápọ̀ is Fine
Ethosheia Hylton’s ‘Dọlápọ̀ is Fine’ (2020) is a coming of age tale that examines the topic of black female identity and its perceived...
Saffron Brown Davis
Mar 3, 20216 min read


In Conversation with Jimmy Olsson, director of Alive
Released at the beginning of 2020, Jimmy Olsson’s short film Alive is an emotive display of the social prejudices faced by disabled...
Ella Mansell
Feb 23, 20216 min read


In Conversation with Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, directors of Chubby
*Trigger warning: mentions of sexual abuse and family trauma* 2019 short film Chubby follows the sexual abuse ten-year-old Jude (Maya...
Ella Mansell
Feb 12, 20216 min read


In Conversation with Dekel Berenson, writer and director of Anna
Dekel Berenson is a UK based writer and director whose short film Ashmina, set in Nepal, won Best Short Film at the 59th Kraków Film...
Saffron Brown Davis
Feb 8, 20215 min read


A talk with Gints Zilbalodis, director of ‘Away’
The ominous tone of Studio Ghibli but with one boy discovering his world, as we do, riding through the picturesque scenery. I first saw...
Isis Hope Lloyd
Jan 18, 20216 min read
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