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Talents and Short Film Market

Turin, Italy

The Veiled City

Emptied Away

review by Jason Todd

Being exposed to archival footage, peering into humanity’s past through still or moving images may sometimes feel akin to digging into the Earth, whereas the footage we encounter is often bound to be …

Madrugada

The Sense of Discomfort

review by Susanne Gottlieb

There is an eerie sense of emotional and visual disconnect running through Portuguese filmmaker Leonor Noivo’s short film ‘Madrugada’. The woman at its centre, Maria, feels at odds with her …

The Killing of Čáhcerávga

The Spell of Disorientation

review by Jue Yang

A forest in winter, a frozen river — ‘The Killing of Čáhcerávga’ opens with a vast landscape, blue-grey with howling wind. A conversation takes place between a mother and her child in the form of a …