By: Amanda Guarragi Alive is written and directed by Jimmy Olsson, which was supposed to premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival. The short film is about a disabled woman named Viktoria (Eva Johansson), who yearns for intimacy. Her assistant Ida (Madeleine Martin) helps her by making her a Tinder profile, hoping it would raise her spirits. The concept of the film is something unique and … Continue reading CIFF Short Film: Alive Review
photos courtesy of Good Company Pictures By: Amanda Guarragi An Elephant in the Room focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief at a centre called “Good Grief” in New Jersey. In this documentary, Katrine Philp shares the stories of six children and their companions who have lost their parents. It shows many different approaches in handling grief and acts as a catharsis for everyone … Continue reading SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature: An Elephant in the Room
BY: AMANDA GUARRAGI I’ll Meet You There is a family drama that follows the life of a Muslim – American family living in Chicago. The narrative is split into three stories based on the lives of each family member. The backstories all come together through conversations of Muslim culture and the Western ideologies being tested. There is Majeed, (Faran Tahir) who is a police officer, investigating … Continue reading SXSW 2020 Narrative Feature Competition: I’ll Meet You There Review
We Don’t Deserve Dogs is a heartwarming documentary about how much of an impact dogs make on humans. Director, Matthew Salleh travels around the globe and finds such intimate stories about dogs and their owners. Dogs are such incredible animals and we don’t realize how selfless they are. Unless you are a pet owner or genuinely love animals, you won’t understand the beautiful connection that is … Continue reading SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature Competition: We Don’t Deserve Dogs
PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEWART BRAND DOC BY: Amanda Guarragi We Are As Gods is a documentary based on the legend Stewart Brand. Brand lived a very full life and began his journey at Stanford University, where he studied biology. During the late 1960s and early 70s, Brand developed the famous The Whole Earth Catalogue with the subheading, “access to tools”. The Catalogue is a publication that coincided with … Continue reading SXSW 2020 (Documentary Spotlight): We Are As Gods
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