Pageant Film Festival

Directed by Soegimitro Boom Ratings: 7/10 There is something quietly audacious about Luno & Luna: Save The Earth. In a moment when AI-generated imagery still provokes suspicion in cinematic circles, director Soegimitro Boom arrives not with an apology but with a manifesto — a film that places generative AI at the very centre of its […]Read more at

Understanding the Essence of Short Films Short films are distinctive narratives that encapsulate compelling stories in a concise format, typically lasting anywhere from a few seconds to around thirty minutes. Unlike feature-length films, which often adopt a more expansive narrative style and involve comprehensive character development, short films

Directed by Jorge Malpica Ratings: 9.7/10 Grief, the poets tell us, is not a thing you get over. It is a thing you get wet with.

Directed by Josh Gulban Overall Rating: 7.0/10 Josh Gulban’s Wi-Fi Helpdesk is a genuinely delightful and smartly constructed comedic short that takes a universal domestic frustration and escalates it — with confident absurdist logic — all the way to a federal investigation. The film’s premise is inspired: a customer-service security protocol that

GHOSTING AMONG GHOSTS Directed by Élise Tandé Ratings:★★★★☆ (7/10) There is something almost paradoxical about a film set in Málaga — a city of blinding light, warm stone, and perpetual human noise — choosing to explore the quiet, cold phenomenon of being ignored. But that tension is precisely where Élise Tandé’s Ghosting Among Ghosts finds […]Read

Written by Steve Maiselson There’s a moment somewhere in the middle of White Dwarf where Hank and Evan are sitting at a video poker machine in an Atlantic City casino, and Hank — who has been drinking since before noon, who has been pushed around by a hooker in a hallway, who carries more pain […]Read more at Pageant Film Festival

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