Mindanao

Marisol, a loveable but corrupt politician, is living up the last days before her arrest in a hotel room, partying, snorting coke and bevvying. An older woman with movie star shades, a coiffured do, and bling on her fingers, she’s like AbFab meets Del Boy. Amparo is the only one not out her tits, and…

Lovebirds

Brilliant deadpan comedy about a man who checks into the Lovebirds Hotel at the height of the pandemic. Beautifully underplayed to highlight the surreal situation, Nicola Pedrozzi stars as Francesco, the lone holidaymaker. This is clearly meant to be a couples resort, and while he tells the single remaining member of staff that he expects…

A Love Song In Spanish

A Love Song In Spanish is a portrait by the filmmaker of her grandparents. Her grandmother lives in a simple but pristinely kept home. She carries herself with dignity as she cleans and tidies and shells beans for cooking. Although she is old and her body is now vulnerable with age, she still stands firm…

Criatura

Criatura is the kind of short film you should feel, rather than figure out. Intense orchestral music, vivid colour, and shots evoking disjointed memory or dream, combine to give a sense of a character’s inner journey. It opens with the narrator saying that a monster entered her, created a void within her, and thus “you…

Mikveh

This short film is about the filmmaker’s marriage, the part that is the struggle for government recognition and the part that is about loving intimacy. Only 6 minutes long, it features thousands of images of their joined life, snapshots, wedding photos, documents and paperwork, all frenetically flashing up on screen, like a strobing fast-forward effect.…