Dynamics - Review
An hypnotic journey into the material unconscious of animation
Directed by Teo Baehler, with Dynamics we encounter a work that challenges the conventions of visual storytelling to embrace the purest essence of experimental cinema. In just 14 minutes, this stop-motion film manages to construct a hypnotic world where logic dissolves and gives way to a sensorial reflection on transformation.
Made entirely from everyday materials, the short surprises with its ability to elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. There is no plot in the traditional sense: instead, a dance of shapes, textures, and suggestions emerge from the often unlikely encounter between dissimilar elements. This intuitive fusion generates a novel visual language, capable of both evoking and confusing, forcing the viewer to be guided not by the mind, but by intuition.
Is quite powerful the sensation of being in a lucid dream, where every object seems to possess its own secret life.
Dynamics is a work that seeks questions, not answers. It offers no direct message, but opens up a broad, subjective, almost meditative interpretative space. It is a film that invites contemplation, to lose oneself in the detail, the rhythm, the absence of a predetermined direction.
In an audiovisual landscape often crowded with rigid narratives and glossy images, this short idpirational film stands out as an act of poetic resistance. It is cinema as living matter, as a perceptual experience, as a pure artistic gesture.
The Rocin Talent Show - Review
Set in 1972, Texas, The Rocin Talent Show, written by Mac McStravick, begins with a humorous idea—football coaches want to test their skills and win a talent show—and then unfolds as a deeply human story, exploring universal themes with delicacy and sincerity.
It's a comedy with melancholy undertones, where laughter doesn't mask the pain, but rather accompanies it.
At the heart of the narrative is the friendship between middle-aged men, often underrepresented in film except in a lighthearted or caricatural way. Here friendship is shown with authenticity: made of silences, jokes, mistakes, bonds that stand the test of time but also uncomfortable truths.
Guilt over the death of a young former student—pushed to enlist by one of the coaches—insinuates itself into the apparent lightness of the plot, lending it a subtle yet persistent emotional weight.
It's never overly didactic, but it feels like a shadow over the characters' motivations, their need to "do something good," even if it's just a ridiculous show in front of the students.
36 flowing pages where the lighter moments (fist fights, school dynamics, interactions with students and colleagues) are written with pace and sensitivity.
The humor stems from vulnerability.
The coaches are imperfect, nostalgic, sometimes pathetic, but always human. Even the minor characters, though less developed, contribute to the overall picture.
The Rocin Talent Show surprises with its emotional maturity, addressing important issues beneath a light-hearted surface. It
's not a story of success or revenge, but of men learning to live with who they've become and still trying to do the right thing.
Hi: Part One - Review
A gothic thriller that weaves together mystery, AI attacks, and dark family secrets.
Intriguing, atmospheric, and narratively flawless, Hi Part One - written by the talented Monte Albers de Leon - is a script that captivates from the first lines and leaves no escape until the final revelation. Written with a sure hand and a vivid cinematic style, this modern gothic thriller skillfully blends the darkest mystery with elements of artificial intelligence, family subterfuge, and truths buried beneath layers of lies.
The story revolves around Grace Bloom, kidnapped at birth and raised in isolation by Luella, her enigmatic and ruthless great-grandmother. The family manor, Greystone, is more than just the setting for the story: it is a labyrinth of memory and curse, a place where every wall and mirror whisper secrets and every corner hides a deception.
Amid hidden legacies, psychological tensions, and well-calibrated twists, the script stands out for the depth of its characters. Each character has a specific purpose, a recognizable voice, and a past that shapes their choices. But it is Luella who dominates the scene: the perfect antagonist, as cruel as she is fascinating, complex and magnetic. She is the true backbone of the story—a character destined to remain etched in the viewer's memory.
Between overturned truths and increasingly convoluted family dynamics, Hi Part One proves to be a work with a lot of potential and evocative power. The screenplay suggests a compelling sequel...what we hope is to watch the all story on the big screen.