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Search Results for: the burden

Alex Heeney / July 27, 2022

Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons

…The Burden to Flee — are films that you can’t imagine in any other format. The same is true of My Grandfather’s Demons, which uses animation to live between the…

Seventh Row Editors / August 21, 2022

The 20 best films of 2022 so far

…von Bahr, who I will follow to the ends of the earth after her weird and wonderful short film The Burden. She’s one of three sets of directors on The…

Alex Heeney / September 5, 2024

8 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2024

…Dinner Table; Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s existential stop-motion musical The Burden; and Nikita Diakur’s comedic animated documentary backflip. Seasoned feature filmmakers like Philippe Falardeau and Mina Shum agree that short…

Francis Lee, God's Own Country, Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, 60th San Francisco International Film Festival

Alex Heeney / October 31, 2017

Director Francis Lee and stars Josh O’Connor and Alec Secareanu on making God’s Own Country

…the burden of running the family farm for his grandmother (Gemma Jones) and ailing father (Ian Hart). When a Romanian temporary farmhand Gheorghe (an excellent Alec Secareanu) arrives, their initially…

Alex Heeney / January 26, 2014

Sundance Review: Hong Khaou’s film Lilting explores grief with Ben Whishaw

…in the difficult position of carrying Kai’s secret as well as the burden of his anger towards his mother. He’s a quiet and kind-hearted man, desperately trying to do the…

Interview Index by Last Name

…von Bahr (Writer-Director) — THE BURDEN (TIFF 2017) Phyllida Lloyd (Director) — HERSELF (January 2021) Alice Lowe (Writer-Director) — PREVENGE (Sepember 2016) Irene Lusztig (Director) — YOURS IN SISTERHOOD (March…

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