SIFF 2021 Review: Nahuel and the Magic Book

Year: 2020 Runtime: 98 minutes . Director: German Acuna Starring: Consuelo Pizarro, Marcelo Liapiz, Jorge Lillo By: Tom Moore Director German Acuna creates a delightfully adventurous animated coming of age tale with his directorial debut “Nahuel and the Magic Book”(2020). The film follows a young boy named Nahuel (voiced by Consuelo Pizarro) who yearns to impress his sea-faring father but struggles to work beside him … Continue reading SIFF 2021 Review: Nahuel and the Magic Book

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Femspectives Review: Stone Engravings and the Three-Colored Chickenpox Tale

Year: 2018 Runtime: 21 minutes Directors: Vinicius Lopes, Luciana Mazeto By Morgan Roberts “What is our oldest creation? Ghosts? Fear? Oppression? The world?” This is the first thing posed to audiences in Femspectives documentary short film, “Stone Engravings and the Three-Colored Chickenpox Tale” (2018). The short looks at archeological discoveries in the south of Brazil, showing the timeline of existence. We see and hear people … Continue reading Femspectives Review: Stone Engravings and the Three-Colored Chickenpox Tale

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Femspectives Review: Affirmation #6

It can be truly remarkable to see how much people can tackle in a short runtime. That is what we can see with the four minutes filmmakers Lisa Fannan, Alison Smith, and Monika Smekot use with their short film “Affirmation #6” (2020). Continue reading Femspectives Review: Affirmation #6

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