Maziyar Khatam’s short film “Baba,” co-directed by Anya Chirkova and Meran Ismailsoy, begins with a tense situation: Two men who…
While feature-length films often steal the show at festivals, shorts shouldn’t be forgotten; and, as I’ve long believed, they offer…
After a massively-successful virtual-only film festival last year, SXSW returns to a hybrid model, featuring a multitude of in-person events…
We’re pleased to host our ‘Independent Film Awards’ a fourth-straight year, especially during a second year overshadowed by Covid-19. With…
Independent filmmaker Ashley Nicole, who we’ve covered before with films such as “Out of this World,” “Button Eyes,” and “I…
During our coverage of the Fantasia International Film Festival, we’ve had a survey of several feature films. However, features aren’t…
Covid-19 has come and not gone, but the Tribeca Film Festival presses on. What is great is that Tribeca can…
One quiet Sunday, after bingeing the latest season of the game show “Taskmaster” on YouTube and falling in love with…
Cinema has changed with new times, for which a lot of credit goes to the filmmaker who is ready to…
I’ve spent four days of the festival examining the various shorts programs at SXSW and have been decidedly pleased with…