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Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival

6 October – 9 October 2021

The Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival ran from October 6 to 9 in Venice and online.

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  • Chiffon
    Review preview for Chiffon

    There is much to admire here beyond the immediate perceptions, sensibilities too.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Bijoli is serene until a mysterious visitor shows up in her small tailoring shop with a commission.
  • Vegetarians
    Review preview for Vegetarians

    Able direction, crisp production and a convincing cast in something that has clear aims and hits its target.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Hunting with his father, a son's first shot will have a lasting impact.
  • The Other
    Review preview for The Other

    The liberties taken with the work of a playwright famed for his contemporary analysis of the morays of fin-de-siecle Vienna are a triumph.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A man becomes suspicious of his wife's faithfulness, more so when he sees another at her graveside.
  • The Balloon Catcher
    Review preview for The Balloon Catcher

    Kaneko writes/directs/animates, the brevity of this piece all the more effective for not a moment wasted.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Rejected and feared, will the axeman manage to use his peculiarity to find freedom?
  • The Solace Of Ruins
    Review preview for The Solace Of Ruins

    Gabriela Lourenzato's film takes us along and at the close makes the allegorical actual.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Madu and her small assistant investigate the case of a woman who suddenly disappeared.
  • The Bitch
    Review preview for The Bitch

    This is not easy viewing, but beneath the gleam of staring eyes and the bloodied lips is something visceral.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    The fate of three brothers is tied up with that of a missing woman.
  • Termites
    Review preview for Termites

    Shot through with a rightness, every frame a photograph, every unstill moment a miracle.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    The voice reminds the city that all art is banned, but when a young girl discover's one man's secret he cannot remain silent.
  • Migrants
    Review preview for Migrants

    It's beautiful to look at, there is detail and delight in every stitch and stem.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Driven south by climate change, a family of polar bears tries to make a new life.
  • The Heart Of The Volcano
    Review preview for The Heart Of The Volcano

    Fee Strothman's camera is somewhere between the dreamlike and the documentary.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Their fate in the hands of a powerful sorcerer, by the next moon a daughter must save her father's soul.
  • Days Lost
    Review preview for Days Lost

    Though it has subtleties aplenty its core confrontation lays it on a little too thick.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Olja and Igor's sibling equilibrium is broken by his new girlfriend, and will be tested further by what they leave behind.

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