Directed by Sharon ‘Rocky’ Roggio, 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture is an essential documentary that delves deeply into the pain and suffering of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities at the hands of churches. Because of the ways that Christians have interpreted scripture, many queer-identifying Christians continue to face judgment or opposition from their communities. Here, Roggio and her…
Animation makes up an important part of the world of short films. That is true at HollyShorts Film Festival. Here are a few of the animated films I’ve been sampling. The first four are considered adult themed, the others are for children or families. American Sikh, directed by Vishavjit Singh and Ryan Westra, tells us…
Today I’m going to take a look at a few of the comedies playing at HollyShorts Film Festival. It should be noted that most of the comedy shorts I sampled had a dark humor as their base. Full Time, directed by Jon Ryan Sugimoto, is about a recent graduate who is hired by a strange…
HollyShorts Film Festival is taking place in Hollywood. This festival is all about shorts and the jury award winning film in each category will become Oscar qualified. The festival is both live at the TLC Chinese theaters at Hollywood and Highland, and virtually at Bitpix. Visit http://www.hollyshorts.com/ for more information. Lest you think a shorts…
HollyShorts Film Festival is taking place in Hollywood. This festival is all about shorts and the jury award winning film in each category will become Oscar qualified. The festival is both live at the TLC Chineses theaters at Hollywood and Highland, and virtual at Bitpix. Visit http://www.hollyshorts.com/ for more information. Today I’m going to look…
Satan Wants You delves deeply into the fallout of Michelle Remembers, the memoir of Michelle Smith as written by her therapist, Larry Pazder. Through their sessions together, Smith unraveled the terrifying story of her upbringing, sharing recovered memories of childhood abduction and baby-stealing Satanists. An instant best-seller, the book sparked a wildfire of Satanic dread around the…
Directed by Kevin Hegge, the new documentary Tramps! focuses on the rise of flamboyant fashionistas during the late 1970s. With a nihilistic edge, this generation of icons in East London became known as the New Romantics. With fresh ideas and a desire for free expression, these young bloods would spark with an energy that would…
Directed by David Peck and Nathanael Draper, Broken Courage follows Suon Rottana, a former teenage soldier in the Khmer Rouge, as he finds new purpose and healing in his life. The documentary gives us a glimpse into the effects of war – we know that it is catastrophic for those who live through it, but now we see what…
In Tim Story’s The Blackening, seven friends get trapped in a cabin with a killer who has threatened to kill them. As the killer makes them play games and decide who the Blackest among them is to see who should die first (you know, because of the trope in horror films where the black character…
Directed by Idan Haguel, Concerned Citizen tells the story of Ben and Raz, an affluent couple in South Tel Aviv that purchase an apartment in an area that’s becoming gentrified. As they prepare for their first child, Ben’s concern for the neighbourhood grows, especially as their friends seem to be moving away. Then, one night, after an…
