Hundreds of short films are released on the festival circuit yearly. We review those that spoke most to us here.
All the markers of artfulness seem to be in place, and yet this self-proclaimed study of empathy quickly wears thin.
Olga Kosanović sheds light on an immigrant’s reality in present-day Austria, a land where an Eastern European individual is forced to, figuratively speaking, move mountains to endure.
Kevin Biele’s short is full of subtlety: a quiet “no” has never sound so powerful.
Francesco Sossai builds a queasy claustrophobia in the neo-giallo The Birthday Party.
