Best of the Month
Best of the Month: June 2021
An experimental animation, a sports documentary and an award-winning festival drama make up our 'Best of the Month' picks for June
Fantasy
Tim Hope
The Wolfman
A restless astronomer staring at the moon longs to unleash his inner beast and be transformed into a werewolf.
Experimental
Cécile Brun
Lah Gah (Letting go)
A dive into sunny childhood memories, when a girl is singing and cooking with her father they are swept along by the wafting mass of dough into the emotional depths of loss and disappearance. Helpless, the child is trying to grasp what is not tangible.
Experimental
Toby Auberg
Pile
Water then food. Agriculture then industry. Old then new. Critical then extra. Simple to complex. Concrete to abstract. Dirt to clouds. Real to unreal. Pile is a CG animation that attempts to put human constructs in order.
Drama
Marie Paccou
Un Jour (One Day)
One day a man entered my belly...1998 animation from French filmmaker Marie Paccou
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: March 2021
An Oscar hopeful, a playful metanarrative and a haunting animation make up the S/W team's highlights from our March coverage.
Horror
Romain Delaunay & 4 Others
Hambuster
You may like having a good lunch in a quiet place as a park... But what if your lunch doesn't? In the street everyone can hear you scream, but honestly who cares?
Experimental
Tom Hardiman
Pitch Black Panacea
Two strangers with lazy eyes take part in an unusual experimental treatment.
Fantasy
Rebecca Archer
Canuck Black
In a shadowy interrogation room, a homicide file lies open in front of two frustrated cops. Behind a one way mirror sits their main suspect, a hulking black bear named Canuck Black.
Drama
Frederic Siegel
Ruben Leaves
Fresh from an impressive festival run, this visually imposing animation follows a man haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts
