Rural Tag Archive

Live Action

Profound Solitude Slowly Collapses Around a Sheltered Farmer in Billy Chester’s Stark Swedish Island Short ‘Bonde’

Billy Chester traded a composed score for ambient texture and dialogue for half-murmurs in his enthralling rendering of a secluded farmer's isolation.

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Live Action, Premiere

Rhubarb’s Vivid Pink Bleeds Into the Murky Darkness of Dementia in Steven Boyle’s Stirring Surreal Short ‘Tusky’

Steven Boyle takes us inside crafting a candlelit portrait of dementia that is both unflinching and strangely beautiful as a farmer loses his grip on reality.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Nina Ognjanović’s Slamdance Debut ‘Where the Road Leads’ Encapsulates the Push-and-Pull of Rural Living

Nina Ognjanović explains creating her Serbian mystery-western through widescreen frames, rigorous location scouting and a less-is-more approach.

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