Lemongrass Girl Belief in fiction review by Matthew Chan In Thailand there is a common superstition that rain can be prevented by the planting of lemongrass by a female virgin. As with many ancient traditions, this act has melted into the public …
Insides and Outsides The Exploratory Films of Kurdwin Ayub review by Savina Petkova A look at how the Kurdish artist and filmmaker Kurdwin Ayub glues together ‘inside’ and ‘out’, inspired by her retrospective at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. Before telling a story about …
Not Even Neon Makes Them See Us Deconstructing realism in the modern day review by Laurence Boyce A number of recent short films that have had high-profile wins on the festival circuit are notable for how they play with realist tropes. We examine some of the films to find a young generation …
