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  • Flow

    ★★★★★

  • Past Lives

    ★★★★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★★

  • Hello, Love, Again

    ★★★★★

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  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★★

    Incredibly beautiful expression of the Ozymandian cycle of civilization. And extremely well-animated too, given its budget. I know how challenging animating a cat can be, given the sheer amount of parts they use to express themselves, so huge props for that!

  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★★

    An absolutely heartwrenching treat of a exploration of Korean identity vs American identity within the Korean-American immigrant experience. This is why I fall in love with women-written films. Sometimes, there's no ill will or drama - just grounded, honest vulnerability that I wish I saw more in mainstream media - especially in male characters.
    And can I just say, every single shot was beautiful (props to the sound team for working around the insanely large headroom). I loved the way…

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  • Micro Budget

    Micro Budget

    ★★★★

    An Office-eqsue mockumentary with many entertaining inside jokes of what could go wrong, going wrong within the production of film. Beautiful cinematography, and catchy, quotable humour which was at times a bit too on-the-nose for me. Nevertheless, a great comedic insight into the filmmaking world for non-filmmakers.

  • Camping

    Camping

    ★★★★★

    My favourite outof the Alberta Shorts at CIFF this year. Gripping and innocently tragic, camping sheds light on homelessness and the systems that fails them today in a simple, yet undoubtedly human way.

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