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Eduardo Boccaletti’s Bijupirá is a quiet marvel—a short film that trades spectacle for soul, and finds its power in the spaces between words. It’s a story that doesn’t demand attention, but earns it, unfolding like a tide that pulls you in slowly, then leaves you breathless. Set aboard a fishing… Read more »

Ushmey Chakraborty’s Gay, Asian, Immigrant is a sharp, satirical short that knows exactly what it’s doing—and does it with flair. Chakraborty writes, directs, and stars as Ravi, a young man who lands a job at a marketing firm by playing into the very stereotypes that white corporate spaces expect from… Read more »

Premiering at the 2024 Bronzelens Film Festival, Ryan Ashley Lowery’s Light Up doesn’t so much arrive as it glows—a defiant, tender beam cast into the corners where stories often go untold. Lowery calls it “a love letter to myself, the LGBTQ+ community and anyone struggling to live their full truth.” That’s not just… Read more »

Amanda Deering Jones directs Little Mother Lies with a quiet fury, and Kitty Edwinson’s script slices through the silence like a rusted blade. It’s a short film, but it doesn’t feel small. It’s a pressure cooker of family, addiction, and inherited ghosts, all simmering over a bowl of borscht. The setup is… Read more »

Mark Andrew Altschul’s All American is more than a sports documentary—it’s a portrait of grit, identity, and the fight to belong. At its core are three young women—Naomi, Jojo, and Arham—immigrant and first-generation wrestlers who challenge expectations both on and off the mat. Altschul, a former wrestler himself, uses their stories to… Read more »

Kennedy (Odessa A’zion) is drifting through college life in the midst of a sweltering Chicago Summer. She has no major aspirations, no real friends, and worst of all, no working air conditioning. When Kennedy comes up with the brilliant plan to sneak into local pools, her gang of Summer term… Read more »

Dream Machine: Review. By George & Josh Bate. From the inception of the genre, science fiction has used technological advancements and fantastical storytelling elements to comment on contemporary, real-world issues. In literature, George Orwell explored surveillance and totalitarianism in his seminal sci-work 1984, while Ray Bradbury examined censorship and the… Read more »