Now if you know this website, you know I love short films, and this is probably the favourite couple months of the year for me. With Fantasia, each year they have endless glorious stands of short films for audiences to digest and there is never enough time to catch all
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Fantasia International Film Festival 2025 Preview
It’s that glorious time of year again, when we plunge both feet first into the extraordinary, weird, and sometimes grotesque world of the Fantasia International Film Festival. Our preview will be a little different this time, and we will give you a glimpse of both feature films and short films
Casas Muertas ★★★ 1/2 – Sheffield Doc Fest
One thread runs through all of the multi-generational subjects in Rosana Matecki’s excellent documentary, Casas Muertas – they are all haunted in some form by ghosts, whether that is family who are lost, or a country that resembles nothing of what it once was; these people are haunted and lost.
Redlight to Limelight ★★★ 1/2 – Sheffield Doc Fest
Dreams are everywhere; everyone has them. In Bipuljit Basu’s empathetic Redlight to Limelight, we see those who are the most fragile dreaming, and all you can do is dream with them. Sex workers and their kids in a Kolkata brothel run Cam-On, a video production unit where they create stories.
Shards of Light ★★★★ Sheffield Doc Fest
Marcus Lenz and Mila Teshaieva’s emotional sequel to When Spring Came to Bucha takes us on the next phase for the people of the city, rehabilitation. The heavy weight of trauma complements the unflinching truth of what it’s like to live on in the wake of destruction. The residents of
FANTASIA TO PRESENT CAREER AWARDS TO DANNY ELFMAN AND GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY, MONTREAL FESTIVAL’S 29TH EDITION TO CLOSE WITH TARTAKOVSKY’S FIXED
03 July 2025 // Montréal, Quebec — The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 29th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 16 through August 3, 2025, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at
Blue Has No Borders ★★★ 1/2 – Sheffield Doc Fest
There’s a lot to like about Blue Has No Borders, as the filmmaker Jessi Gutch provides us with a documentary that tackles Britain’s identity crisis and shows that, like everything in life, it was already there right in our faces and is a lot more hopeful than we think. In
Trade Secret ★★★★ – Sheffield Doc Fest
A haunting documentary about the disgusting commercial trade of polar bear fur, Abraham Joffe’s Trade Secret expertly exposes the betrayal of those meant to protect a vulnerable species. Each year, hundreds of polar bears fall victim to a brutal international trade. The situation seems dire, but hope emerges when three
Breakwater – ★★★★ (Raindance)
Max Morgan’s intimate debut feature Breakwater is a film full of subtle performances and rife with some gorgeous cinematography. With a pace that verges on glacial, its final act is a thoughtful and bold swing. Oxford student Otto (Daniel McNamee) is down on the Suffolk coast to meet his girlfriend
The Castle ★★★★ Cinecittà: Italian Doc Season 2025
The Castle is an affecting documentary about the power of friendship in a troubled community. Full of resilience and warmth, this fantastic film shows us just how inspiring children can be. A group of children explore the abandoned kindergarten in their old and struggling neighbourhood in Palermo. Believed to be
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