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Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:02PM by Nathaniel R
Last year, you may recall, the Meihodo Film Festival honored Juliette Binoche. This year another iconic star, Michael Douglas will be doing double-duty as their Guest of Honor / Advisor. The Meihodo Film Festival, now in its fourth year, is an all streaming international short film festival focused on young visual artists...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 7:03PM by Nathaniel R
Oscars short film categories don't get much attention in this size queen world of ours out there but let's do our part to change that. While the preliminary "predictions" are up those were made before seeing any of the films. We'll revamp the predictions as soon as we're finished watching all 15 finalists. Let's dive in together on this first batch of three since they're all available to stream right now...
Monday, October 4, 2021 at 2:00PM By Ben Miller
The virtual HollyShorts Film Festival is at an end. Showcasing the newest and best films under 40 minutes, I was able to watch dozens of great short films across a myriad of categories. Here are my thoughs on ten more films as well the festival winners...
HollyShorts, LGBTQ+, Oscars (21), Riz Ahmed, animated films, short films Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 9:20AM By Ben Miller
The virtual HollyShorts Film Festival is in full swing and begins to focus on specific genre categories as the days roll on. It's an Oscar Qualifying Festival so nominees or even a future Oscar winner could well emerge. In part one we looked at nine shorts with a couple of familiar actors appearing. While there is just too much to cover, here are nine more highlights and a few more celebrity actors, too...
Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 10:25AM by Nathaniel R
Catherine Corsini celebrates her Queer Palm win
The Queer Palm jury this year was led by actor Nicolas Maury (Call My Agent), and included Josza Anjembe, Vahram Murayan, Roxane Mesquida, and Aloïse Sauvage. They've given their prize to La Fracture / The Divide by Catherine Corsini (reviewed here) which is about a fifty-something lesbian couple (inspired by Corsini's own relationship) who are trying to survive a night in a chaotic hospital during a yellow vest protest. The film is also rumored to be a contender for a prize tonight when Spike Lee's jury hands out their awards in the main competition.
The other eligible feature films vying for the unofficial prize were...
Cannes, LGBTQ+, La Fracture, Queer Palm, short films 