Film Festival
Grimmfest Review: The Deep House
Bodies of water can be scary places. Sure, we’re fed images of crystal-clear waters in perfect blue hues, but they’re inherently dangerous environments for land-dwellers. However, that on scratches the surface. The deeper you delve; the darker and more mysterious they become. What lurks within their depths? What manner of creature occupies these murky realms, …
LFF Review: Bantú Mama
We’re not all born equal. While (theoretically) anyone can become rich and successful, where you come from and who your parents are play a huge role in determining your life prospects. What jobs will be available to you. The places you can live. For immigrants, this bar is often set quite low. Simply earning enough …
Grimmfest Review: Motherly
There is a biological link between mother and child which starts in the womb and (normally) never really disappears. Indeed, the separation of birth can often be traumatic and leave a feeling akin to grief. The loss of losing something which your body has fed and nurtured for 9 months. In the natural world, mothers …
Fantastic Fest Review: Homebound
Divorce impacts on everyone involved, not least the children. When two parents separate it can leave their offspring feeling deserted, alone and confused. In time, they adapt and heal, but any tensions between the adults often radiate down. However, children are resilient and soon become accustomed to new patterns. Maybe in the vein hope of …
LFF Review: All My Friends Hate Me
University is an exciting time. A time to experiment. A time to try new things and meet new people. One where the emphasis is often on ‘having a laugh’ and being in the moment. Making friends is relatively easy but due to the fleeting nature of campus life they often don’t ‘stick’. Especially if you …
LFF Review: Sediments
Swimming against the general tide in the EU, while several members have curtailed LGBTQI+ rights, Spain is in the process of passing a law which will allow trans people to self-determine their gender. However, like its European brothers and sisters, the country is in the midst of a culture war. Tradition clashes with modernism in …
LFF Review: Les Enfants Terribles
Ever since the establishment of the first towns and cities, people across countries have been drawn to them. Towards the possibilities they hold in terms of education, work and culture. The industrial revolution and the mechanisation of manual labour has sped up this migration. Those who have remained in the villages and hamlets often hold …
LFF Review: White Building
Since its foundation back in the 15th century, Phnom Penh has been (off and on) the capital of the Khmer nation. Today, as the capital of Cambodia, it houses a population of nearing three million souls and is the nation’s economic, industrial and cultural heartland. Like most major cities in the region, it’s experiencing a …
Grimmfest Review: Slapface
In the United States on America, on average twenty people every minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in a domestic setting. That equates to ten million Americans over the course of a year. Given the nature and setting of the crime, it often goes unreported for so long that it ends in tragedy. …
Grimmfest Review: Night at the Eagle Inn
There’s something inherently spooky about abandoned or semi-abandoned buildings. Something strangely eerie or otherworldly. Whether you believe in the paranormal or not, there’s no doubt that there’s some sort of energy left behind when an occupant departs from this realm. We leave our imprint when we die, whether that’s purely in the minds of others …