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Film   -   Jun 28, 2025 The Academy | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
The Academy | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

This looking glass into the experiences of Art students in Munich pulls no punches.

by Umnia El-Neil
Raindance Film Festival 2025   -   Jun 28, 2025 Shorts Programme: Traditional Cuts - HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
Shorts Programme: Traditional Cuts - HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

Oral Tradition, There Will Come Soft Rains, Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

by Nor García Grau
Sweet and Short   -   Jun 27, 2025 Sweet and Short: Marrow (Dir. Jay T. Grimes)
Sweet and Short: Marrow (Dir. Jay T. Grimes)

What makes 'Marrow' stand out is not just its subject matter (fear of ageing is rarely portrayed with this kind of visceral immediacy or violence) but its style.

by Shea Marshall
Sweet and Short   -   Jun 27, 2025 Sweet and Short: Pizzaslice (Dir. Carl Johan Holmboe Dahl)
Sweet and Short: Pizzaslice (Dir. Carl Johan Holmboe Dahl)

'Pizzaslice' is an excellent piece for an easy character study with a slight plot twist. It’ll make you feel pity and make you smile. It is vulnerable and genuine. It is just perfectly everything I enjoy about film.

by Shea Marshall
Raindance Film Festival 2025   -   Jun 27, 2025 Flamingo Camp| OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
Flamingo Camp| OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

What happens when a safe space is no longer safe?

by Nor García Grau
Raindance Film Festival 2025   -   Jun 27, 2025 A Cell Phone Movie| OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
A Cell Phone Movie| OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

A Cell Phone Movie set out to be the reassuring hug and extra nudge to remind every filmmaker out there that what they want to achieve is possible, and that finding community is key to achieving it.

by Nor García Grau
Raindance Film Festival 2025   -   Jun 27, 2025 Corina | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
Corina | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

¡Corina es a toda madre! Apologies, couldn’t help myself. But as a Mexican, I had to proudly praise this film for what it is: a treat.

by Santiago Guerra
Film   -   Jun 26, 2025 B-Reel: All Hits, No Misses
B-Reel: All Hits, No Misses

In a film festival first, Umnia is blown away by not one, not two, but ALL the shorts in a given programme. Someone, write this down!

by Umnia El-Neil
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