The Present: The powerful truth told by a splendid short movie

Whether it’s buying a Christmas gift, a birthday present or a wedding anniversary gift, you always want to treat that special someone with the perfect present. Whatever that will be, you will probably find it. Not only because you can order almost everything online, but also because there’s probably a shop nearby you can buy…

Lost Kings: A wonderful one-person performance by Dash Melrose

Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Many snacks in between. Yep, many of us are lucky enough to have plenty of food on the table. Sadly, not everyone is in that position. We’re remarkably reminded of that thanks to writer/director Brian Lawes (“Tempo”, “Home Again”) and his latest “Lost Kings”. This short movie is about Zuri (Dash Melrose),…

The Confirmation: A must-see, eye-opening, beautiful and well-performed movie

“Everyone has the right to be who they are”. That’s how “The Confirmation” ends. While this should indeed be the case, that’s sadly not for everyone and especially not when you’re a transgender person. The problems and prejudices that transgender people face are now being brought back to our attention thanks to first time director…

CODA: Expressive in every way possible

Finding out who you are is never easy. Creating your own identity can come with a lot of nerves, doubts but also hopefully with love and happiness. We can only imagine how hard this must be for young people like Alex (Kerrynton Jones) who are a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). Her story is being…

RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Siblings: Packed with emotions

At this moment, we’re with more than seven billion people here on earth. We’re all ‘made’ in the same way but we couldn’t be more different. Some of us live here in London, some of us in one of the richest cities in the United States or some of us in the poorest places in…