In a film season buzzing with prestige contenders, two remarkable short films are striking a particularly powerful chord. Both centered around music and the inner workings of the mind, Daniel Persitz’s Key of Genius and Trevor Morris’s Butterfly on a Wheel have emerged as standout Oscar-qualifying projects, stories of brilliance, neurodiversity, mental health, and the transformative relationships that shape extraordinary talent….
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HIGHWAY TO THE MOON Letitia Wright’s Poetic Debut Finds Grace in Grief Letitia Wright’s Poetic Debut Finds Grace in Grief
BAFTA winner Letitia Wright steps confidently behind the camera with Highway to the Moon, a haunting, visually arresting short that blends grounded realism with speculative flair. Commissioned by WePresent and produced through Wright’s own 3.16 Productions, the film marks a striking directorial debut for the Black Panther and Small Axe star, one that positions her as a filmmaker of rare…
Adetokumboh M’Cormack’s award-winning true story ‘The German King’ selected for Oscar-qualifying film festival BronzeLens
Starring Adetokumboh M’Cormack (Captain America: Winter Soldier), Raphael Corkhill (The Goldfinch), Constance Ejuma (Black Panther) and Scottie Thompson (NCIS). Adetokumboh M’Cormack’s insightful short The German King tells the true story of the German raised African King Rudolf Douala Manga Bell. This film earned Adetokumboh the Best Actor award at the Oscar Qualifying Rhode Island International Film festival and…
‘The Fare’ Director Santiago Paladines “Filmmaking is art form that is inherently shaped by limitation”
We caught up with the talented director Santiago Paladines, whose film The Fare is currently showing at Hollyshorts Film Festival in Los Angeles. Director and writer Santiago Palandines’s affecting drama, The Fare, has been selected to screen at the Academy Award qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in August. Starring Johnny Ortiz (American Crime) and newcomer Noemi Pedraza, the film tackles the subject of human…
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