Hundreds of short films are released on the festival circuit yearly. We review those that spoke most to us here.
No hollow performances of masculinity to mask the realities of grief in Guillermo García López’s Roma family tale. By exploring insecurities, his coming-of-age story becomes a metaphysical quest for reassurance.
Mohamed Bourouissa visualises the escape of the mind when it is not possible to escape with the body in this compelling short film about everyday racism.
Elegant and deeply human, Atsushi Hirai’s Oyu is a carefully constructed homecoming haunted by loss.
In an attempt to tell a universal story, Nienke Deutz’s The Miracle arrives only at vagueness.
