The cinema of Kwon Hayoun is haunted by absence, standing as a ghostly echo of what’s long gone or never was. Though her short films use real-life stories and experiences as their subjects, these elegiac […]
SHORT FILMS
Crash Test Aglaé – Director: Eric Gravel The Summer Movie – Director: Emmanuel Marre MyFrenchFilmFestival review Watch Crash Test Aglaé and The Summer Movie on FilmDoo Among the wealth of offerings from MyFrenchFilmFestival are two very different road movies – feature […]
Directors: Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret MyFrenchFilmFestival review Watch Chasse Royale on FilmDoo Tough-as-nails Angélique explodes onto the screen, hurling insults at someone off camera and storming away, minus her shoes which she kicks off in a […]
Taking its name from an old fable in which an idle cricket sings and dances its summer away while the diligent ant toils in preparation for the coming winter, Julia Ritschel’s The Cricket and the […]
Watch Cigano on FilmDoo In the 18-minute drama Cigano, Portuguese director David Bonneville builds quiet, ambiguous tension over the course of a short but uncomfortable car journey. When the wealthy young Sebastian reluctantly accepts help from a passing […]
In a month where festive cheer and heartstring-tugging advertisements seem to follow you down every high street and permeate your television shows, sometimes there’s nothing more gratifying than a chance to delve into the darker, more […]