Metal from the Dirt: a short surface survey of Navajo extreme metal
Clarke Tolton, “Metal from the Dirt” (2018) Unfortunately like other documentaries I have seen on
Numb: a powerful short film on the effects of lockdown isolation on young people
Liv McNeil, “Numb” (2020) Originally an art school project to occupy her for the rest
Hard Reset: a predictable and tired short film on human and AI relations in a future materialist society
Deepak Chetty, “Hard Reset” (2016) The premise and the plot are predictable and rather tired,
Unregistered: living authentically versus living a comfortable but insecure lie
Sophia Banks, “Unregistered” (2018) This short film commenting on the treatment of undocumented immigrants in
Australian and New Zealand Films | North American Films
The American Colony of Australia: how a master-slave relationship came into being
Carlton Meyer, “The American Colony of Australia” (Tales of the American Empire, 19 February 2021)
Chinese and Chinese-language Films | Spanish Films
The Fisherman: character study of outsider-turned-superhero in alien invasion short
Alejandro Suarez Lozano, “The Fisherman” (2015) A cleverly made and succinct little SF horror film
Alone: drama and emotion in a tiny space-pod
William Hellmuth, “Alone” (2020) A moving film about connection – and about how so strong
Flyby: an ingenious but weak film on time literally slipping away
Jesse Mittelstadt, “Flyby” (2019) In its own way this film can be considered a horror
This Time Away: a succinct and heartwarming character study with a sting in its tail
Magali Barbe, “This Time Away” (2019) A very heartwarming little film, succinct and taut in
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
A bombastic tale of quest, physical and spiritual, in “Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification”
Teng Cheng, Li Wei, “Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification” (2020) Inspired by the 16th-century Chinese