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Cinema can be bold, brash and confrontational, but spectacle isn’t the only way filmmakers leave a lasting impression. As Amie Song demonstrates with her Cannes-selected short Three, quietness can be just as powerful. A deeply reflective film that places as much importance on silence as dialogue and on everything left unsaid, its most dramatic moment may arrive in ...

Named after a Malay word describing a violent and uncontrolled rampage, it should come as no surprise that Balázs Turai’s Annecy-winning short Amok is something of an assault on the senses. A brightly coloured animated film following a heavily scarred man as he battles his inner demons after a car crash involving an evil Santa Claus gnome, Turai’s 12-minute short tac...

Many of us know what it is like to be an anonymous individual living our lives in a city that doesn’t make space for us. We arrive in these sprawling urban ecosystems without warning and spend our days working, studying, and loving while attempting to piece together the narrative of our own lives in relative peace. But what happens when someone suddenly decides that’s not o...

Parents can go to extraordinary lengths when they believe they are protecting their children, particularly when they feel that child has been threatened. Sinan Taner’s tense and atmospheric short film, 1:10, explores that instinct with unsettling accuracy. What begins as a seemingly ordinary day gradually escalates into an explosive confrontation after one father b...

Beatrice has made specific arrangements to celebrate her son’s birthday. Unfortunately, her plans feel ill-omened from the beginning, when the bakery gives her a chocolate cake instead of strawberry. Difficulties both large and small, and the specific circumstances of her son’s situation weigh and tug at this mother’s emotional state throughout Year of the Dragon, ...