Tag: shorts
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the BEST SHORT FILMS at @BFI Flare 2022
London’s BFI Flare 2022 queer film festival has an excellent program of international short films. Here are a few of my favorites from this year’s selection – covering Palestine, Egypt, South Korea, Libya, Pakistan, Lebanon, and India. The fact that queer film-making is spreading so globally is very encouraging. Borekas is…
Queerguru’s Parisian Contributor Richard Gilles reviews FRENCH BOYS : two compilations of queer short films
From a sociological, technical, and personal – French native – viewpoint, THE FRENCH BOYS are very much Gallic indeed in their social transcription of nowadays reality for young French men. It consists of a beautiful collection of short fiction films where the audience learns how French boys from different ethnical backgrounds can engage (or…
Wicked Queer’s really wicked queer Shorts
One of the (many) things Queerguru loves about WICKED QUEER Bostons LGBTQ Film Festival is the attention and support they give to queer short filmmakers. Let’s be clear here, we don’t mean those of limited stature, but the talented creatives that pack their stories into a few minutes. So often overlooked compared to feature…
RIGHT BESIDE YOU : Wordless eloquence shines
With performances and direction like this you really can make shorts that say it all with few words. This anthology of the longing search for company radiates emotion from the skin of its performers and the luminous situations they find themselves in. Lov Novios de mi Madres (All My Mother’s Lovers) In Los Novios…
Strikers & Defenders :Hits & misses that we loved & hated
After the second film in this series of shorts we were mentally trying out our most scathing adjectives. By holding on til the end we’d had a reminder of how the highs and lows of cinema can sit right next to each other. Cosmetically the title Strikers & Defenders is a play on the…
