This is a tiresome movie, squeezing a 15-minute story into an intolerable 37 minutes.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Clever direction helps us empathise with Gemma, not just peer in at her life voyeuristically.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Genuinely funny, heart-warming.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Odd? Definitely.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Despite some stunning visual work, Bulb verges on nonsense.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There isn't enough to get a proper grasp of.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Entertaining, inventive, and bleak.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is a quality production all round.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Quinn cleverly mixes the natural playfulness of the animal with more sinister inclination.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As an artist, she certainly gets my vote.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A funny and attention grabbing portrait of a unique filmmaker.

~ Nicola Osborne -

With a title like this you know pretty much what to expect.

~ Val Kermode -

It's hard to say who it is actually for.

~ James Benefield -

What it lacks in substance it makes up for in style.

~ Claire Sawers -

While the animation is quite artistic, its throbbing lines are constantly vying with the subtitles, making them difficult to make out and digest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Has an energetic pop video feel.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A Boy And His Atom has a quirky charm that stems partly from fascination at how his can be done, partly from the appeal of its simple character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A nice idea which could have been better executed, even on a low budget.

~ Val Kermode -

Simply rendered and very effective.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A mixture of humour both visual and bodily that will amuse children of any age.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As courtships go Bond is somewhat unconventional.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bohemios has conceptual depth and effortless, exquisite execution.

~ Chris -

Visually, the film takes risks and loses.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Julia McLean's film is delightfully imaginative, aided by Thomas Scott's excellent score.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film succeeds in making us root for the characters rather than simply laugh at them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film is a monument to all those who have no graves, and a valuable outlet for Liberian voices in discussion often dominated by Western narratives.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's interesting to see plastic surgery explored as a pragmatic life choice, not sensationalised.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's not often that magic realism creeps into short film but Martin Gent uses it to great effect here.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

They don’t seem to have quite decided whether the dance is to be eroticised or, as it would appear, not.

~ Chris -

The script and direction are solid, the performances great.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The unknown gap between a given input and output.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Blichfeldt keeps things simple and lets the process tell its own story.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Haunting, intriguing, compelling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The story is a good one, the ending sharp.

~ Martin Gray -

In the constructedness of its approach, the split-screens, the mute passage of time before us, it becomes evocative, enlightening, impressive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The plasticine animation here is delightful, not least for its flaws.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Stories of this sort are so often presented as tragedies that it's delightful to watch this very different take.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Feels real, honest, open, compelling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is genuinely funny, full of subtle characterisation and humorous moments.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bells is a touching, moving little piece.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Played absolutely straight, it finds its comedy - and its horror - in the obsessions that underscore many real lives.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is less a tale of exploitation than a portrait of isolated individuals still playing a game that long ago lost its meaning.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A fascinating and humorous exploration of a star image and its use by savvier directors.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

Clever and well shot, if not entirely original.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A poignant and affecting fable.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Damian Kosowski's film is cold and claustrophobic, tight in shot and focus in the few scenes outdoors and distant and distressed even by the bath.

~ Andrew Robertson -

By keeping the story simple, director Madeline Sharafian has made it accessible even for the youngest audiences

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Niki Lindroth von Bahr's film is once again a masterclass of model-making.

~ Andrew Robertson -

That this manages to be so heartwarming is down to an ensemble effort, the cast's chemistry convinces and so too decisions made behind the camera about what to show and what not to.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hetherington makes a likeable lead and is one of those actors who can keep viewers onside even when displaying the kind of pathetic, submissive behaviour that's a magnet for bullies.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The dancer lacks the passion necessary to mirror the intensity of the bullfight.

~ Chris -

Clarke at her most experimental, making a ‘dance’ without the use of dancers.

~ Chris -

The seeming remoteness of the military actions - and their immediate impact on civilians - becomes less abstract when paralleled by the tensions within the family.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's because Goldblum is so ambitious in his attempts to capture multiple ideas that this feels a bit scattered

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The revelations may not be earth shattering on either side of the camera, but they are honest are delivered with the intimacy of a secret.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Clarke uses lyrical camera panning and superimposition to create a non-linear sense of movement.

~ Chris -

Wilde gives the strongest performance of the three and it's her slow transformation that provides the emotional heart of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The problem is, you are left wanting to know far more than Fedda tells you.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A conversation about whether if you're hungry "you'll eat anything" hangs in the air as something for us all to chew on.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With indelible images born from an unflinching gaze, Clément Cogitore's Braguino lets us feel enraptured in an impossible community - cradled by archaic myth and awed by a sublime nature.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Illustrates how heartfelt and fastidious commitment to a story doesn't always make for engaging cinema, no matter how good the intent

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are kindnesses within the film, but stark ones.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is a whisper of the artwork of EH Shepard about the hand-drawn style that seems fitting given his tale shares similar philosophy, albeit more obviously spelled out.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

De Reyes film celebrates family bonds, while also noting how those ties can bind youngsters’ ambitions.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

That the skies are Glaswegian grey does not make the eyes below them any less starry, or watery, nor does that overcast overshadow the microcosm below.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Benward shoots from the boys’ height so that adults become looming figures, sometimes threatening, sometimes a source of authority which it seems impossible to resist.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a debut feature, and while strong in places it doesn't quite gel.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Director Michael Baig-Clifford has worked wonders with his actors and seems in full control of the plot's intricate construction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Supported by Takagi Hajime’s evocative sound design, this persistently inventive little film creates a thoroughly lived-in world with hints of a maritime past and an uncertain future.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is meditative, melancholy, moving.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Here, the physical intensity of dance does a lot of the heavy lifting, showing the turbulence of life with this condition, the strength required to manage it, and the strain that creates.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The tension contributes to the comedy, which is beautifully structured and will keep you on your toes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Scoggins' use of low lighting and shifting frames of reference adds a dreamlike quality to the whole affair.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a fluid film which, though impressionistic in terms of its narrative, carries a weight of emotion and the positive energy of childhood as well as a longing for fundamental connection.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Morgan understands the importance of restraint and gives the audience room to interpret unfolding events for themselves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The focus on bright colours and sparkles makes it easily accessible to young viewers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The documentary shows how a filmmaker’s genuine connection to the people and the subject-matter of her work reveals the true heart of the story.

~ Leo Mikaia -

Zandashé Brown's film is taut, as thin and finely balanced as the tain of pre-Liebig mirrors.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Narratively slight but stylistically lush.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We see the battlefield medics at work in handheld, single camera setups.

~ Scott Macdonald -

I felt sick after watching it and watched it again.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The film's weakness is that it nicely sets the scene for an existential crisis but treats it so lightly that we are not quite invested enough.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Every second of this is a delightful surprise.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's ambition here that suggests this is the fragment of a feature that Nakhane has in mind.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Each character feels carefully drawn, even the slide attendant, whose body language suggests a sort of cool and studied boredom.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A hard-hitting piece of cinema.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lazarus and co-writer Dorothee Levesque keep things minimal.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A heartrending animated feature

~ Scott Macdonald -

In the space of 22 minutes, Roger Pratt's cinematography revolutionised the genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The inexhaustible energy of childhood skips and cartwheels through writer/director Karishma Dev Dube's dramatisation.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The key ingredients of good documentary are all present and correct – simplicity, depth and variety.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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

~ Andrew Robertson -

This taut little film hinges on Mresy's remarkable performance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Birthday Boy does an excellent job of picking up on the microaggressions that affect kids in these situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Every shot feels carefully considered, making the film feel "larger" than its short running time would seem to indicate.

~ Gika Mikabadze -

Brian Kirk's film has a sentimental heart and a lovely performance from 11-year-old Iain de Caestecker, as Billy.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This film is as clever as spin doctor.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that is economically hilarious in the precision of its lines and humour, a wordless comic gem.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The abruptness of it all and the in-your-face direction will have you on the edge of your seat.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Moody and embittered and near unique.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Emotions here are betrayed by the twitch of a knife, a violent dream, an envelope crumpled in a hand or a long toke on a cigarette.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Segarra takes a mature approach throughout, and her preference for realism over easy wit or stylishness still leaves room for humour – even in the darkest of places.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a dark and crisp little tale, like an icy night.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A triumph, albeit an uneasy one.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Selfishness, shame and a fear of connection are underscored by affection. The result is uncomfortable and sometimes very funny.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Gardner... shows respect for Wojtek’s intelligence without anthropomorphising him or rendering him just a cartoon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Umuhire is tremendous in conveying both her terror and the force of will it takes for Bazigaga to face down a militia leader who likes to tell himself – and everybody else – that he doesn’t believe the stories about her.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's one where the camera less becomes a fly on the wall than a sleeping dog in front of the fireplace, one where the comfort of the subjects gives us a better insight into them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The whole animation bounces with the rhythm of the soundtrack - Budovsky's birds live in a world that never stands still.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

He’s not the first African American person to think like this, of course, and though the film does not elaborate on the history of such efforts, it makes room for him to express his concerns.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's part of a long cinematic tradition. It's also adorable.

~ Andrew Robertson -

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

~ Andrew Robertson -

Jeremy Merrifield takes a restrained approach as director, letting the story build up naturally.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I laughed, and was not alone in doing so, out loud, and repeatedly.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It’s in this fracturing of feminine figures within a familial, uterine space that Thorndike finds the unsettling kind of horror she’s looking for.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The intricately detailed ink-drawn artwork here has the quality of an 1800s Punch cartoon or something cooked up by Alice In Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel about it and a hint of Terry Gilliam.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Baby Gravy is a short but intense film which, by pulling Brona and Alex's relationship so tightly into focus, emphasis the emotional insignificance of the third party on whom they depend.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For fans of martial arts cinema, this is a must see.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Make no mistake, this is an immensely creepy picture.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Unsettling, concerning, rewarding.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Young Ahmed is utterly convincing in the central role, both in the fierceness of her ambition and in her still childlike way of engaging with the world.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Horse riding scenes are beautifully handled, and great use is made of the dramatic Welsh landscape.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The music is striking, the aesthetic impact more dependent on sound than vision.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Entertaining, amusing, like a humorous conversation overheard on the train.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This feels more like something you'd be linked to through Facebook than something you'd go to see in the picturehouse.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A crisp little picture of adolescence.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Gail Porter may be many things but even in this briefest of brief outings it is clear that an acting career does not beckon.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The more I thought about the cuddly critter after I'd watched this funny and heart warming short, the more I liked him.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Baby shows him learning to go with the flow and capture the moment in a way that is evident in later films.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The simple but poignant central tale is given depth by numerous small observations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The delight of the drama stems from the well crafted characters, while its heft hinges on toxicity that may not be immediately obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An extraordinarily thorough film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Once again, Guiraudie proves himself the master of setting up a mystery by the means of perfect script economy that functions strictly on “need to know” basis.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It’s ironic that a film about a family who have built a perfect facsimile of a life for themselves should feel so overly constructed itself

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lin and Sun studiously maintain the enigma around Shuo so that we are left guessing as to whether he’s just a disadvantaged teen trying to make his way in the world or a cuckoo in the nest.

~ Amber Wilkinson -