What Happened to the Wolf? ★★★★ Queer East Festival 2023
We Gather (Short Film) ★★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
Smashing and Entering (Short) ★★★ 3/4 Belfast Film Festival
Everything Looks Simple from a Distance (Short Film) ★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
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Puppet Tears (Short Film) ★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
I Know You (Short Film) ★★★ Belfast Film Festival
Suspicious Minds (Short Film) ★★★ Belfast Film Festival
Postpartum (Short Film) ★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
The Shadowless Tower ★★★★ 1/2 Belfast International Film Festival
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A tender and brave film, Na Gyi’s What Happened to the Wolf? takes its time moving through its story, enveloping its audience into the profound fears and realisation of our leads, becoming a film well worth your time. Myint Myat (Eaindra Kyaw Zin) grew up in strict traditions. Way Way (Paing
In his short film We Gather, Dominic Curran has captured the utter devastation of grief in such a beautifully wrenching manner. From top to bottom, this is a tremendous piece of short film cinema. A young man struggles with regret as the passage of time gives way to a flowing
Joe Laverty’s Smashing and Entering is a great-looking short that shows us the power of independent women. Emer Casey’s performance demands your attention as the fearless Goretti – A short film that leaves you wanting more. First, her privacy is assailed by nuisance callers who soon discover they are more
Conor Toner’s marvelous short film Everything Looks Simple from a Distance is a thoughtful film that takes an emotional turn in the last few minutes. Cailum Carragher gives us an excellent performance as our idealistic lead. It’s 1969. The Americans have not landed on the moon yet, and political tensions
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163 seconds of fantastic work from Conor Lambert is all we get in Emma Brennan’s remarkable Puppet Tears. In less than three minutes, we can explore multiple themes with such wonderful deftness, a short that excites you for its future possibilities. A lonely puppeteer cares for his lonely puppet child,
I Know You is a solid short film that leaves you pondering what you would do in our protagonist Gerard’s shoes. Do you agree to what has been asked by those you left behind, or do you stick to what you feel is right? After his brother falls seriously ill
Imelda O’Reilly‘s bittersweet short film Suspicious Minds calls out to all who have moved away to start anew. A reminder that no matter why you left, if you need to, you can still call that place home. A romance at a trippy Halloween rave goes wrong. Lola’s (Gina Costigan) very
Tania Notaro captures with overwhelming precision the fears and struggles women can face with motherhood in her second short, Postpartum. This film will strike a chord with many, a must-watch. Life takes a dark turn when a young woman, Mary (Tania Notaro), faces the realities of motherhood. Motherhood is one
The Shadowless Tower is a meditative drama that is full of introspection. Zhang Lü guides us through his latest film, which somehow says very little but resonates with you in the tenderest of ways. Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic living in his recently deceased mother’s apartment, begins to date
