Our annual feature on the best must-see shorts at TIFF 2022 highlights films from around the world and across forms, including Bigger on the Inside and The Flying Sailor.
Documentary
Explore the innovative and artistic strategies documentarians use to narrativize nonfiction stories on screen.
Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension
Manuela Martelli’s feature debut, 1976, which she co-wrote with Alejandra Moffat, is equal parts character study and taut political drama. The film 1976 screened in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes 2022.
Cannes Review: Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A avoids the usual tropes and cliches of sports films, focusing instead on how the athletes are rounded people, as well as the beauty fleetingness of athletic achievement
Navalny film: Investigating your own murder on film is bizarre
Daniel Roher’s documentary Navalny is an entertaining and thrilling film about the Russian politician who challenged Putin and paid the price.
Quick thoughts: The abstract recollections of My Two Voices
Lina Rodriguez’s poetic documentary My Two Voices follows the stories of three Latin American women, in their own words. My Two Voices premiered in the Forum section of the 2022 Berlinale.
Quick thoughts on Mija: What does the American Dream mean to immigrant families?
In Mija, director Isabel Castro follows young Mexican-American music manager Doris Muñoz, as she rebuilds her career.