Indy Film Library

Rebirth of Venus (2021) – 4 stars Director: Robin Noorda Writer: Robin Noorda Running time: 9mins Director: Robin Noorda Writer: Robin Noorda Running time: 9mins…...

Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (2026) – 4 stars Director: James Ciganek Writer: James Ciganek Cast: Curtis Nelson, Josh Casserly, Katie Casserly Running time: 14mins…...

There is something I don’t understand (2026) – 4.5 stars Director: Sylvia Robyn Gionti Writer: Sylvia Robyn Gionti Running time: 3mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAvxj7oAi9Q&t=3s Kids say the funniest things....

Home (2026) – 4 stars Director: Emil Gasanov Running time: 7mins Returning to your childhood home is supposed to be comforting. After heading out into the world, to alien experiences where you feel like a fish out of water, going back to our roots can feel warm, familiar, welcoming....

Blocked (2025) – 4 stars Director: Pieter Hussaarts Writer: Pieter Hussaarts Cast: Ties Jansen, Falke De Smet, Coralie Ransbotyn, Wilma Borghuis-Albus, Bernard Kappelle, Samuel Willemsen…...

"In some ways Backrooms lives up to the hype - others, not so much. While it is arguably a relatively weak horror, however, I do want to sing the praises of Backrooms, for its conceptual vision and its unique approach to critiquing the swivel-eyed hype around AI."

In an age where movement, action, relentless noise and unending information are supposedly what you need in order to hold an audience’s attention, we instead get echoes of a magic lantern show.

‘Zij’ star Isis Caljé on the power of writing your own opportunities, and the importance of saving your ideas for later.

"With so little variation or intrigue, Untitled walk feels like it is without end. And a monument to human impermanence which still feels like it is going on forever is perhaps a little counterintuitive."

Remembering Nearfield (2023) – 0.5 stars Director: Sean Alexander Carney Running time: 9mins Focused on raising awareness for a heavily disputed medical condition, Sean Alexander Carney’s animated film gets itself into a number of difficulties....

Writer and director Carling Ernstzen speaks to Indy Film Library about mentorship, grief and the creative process - following the success of her debut short film, 'The Last Rehearsal'.

Marjane Satrapi’s legacy shows why keeping the humanity in storyboarding matters The passing of Marjane Satrapi – who her family say “died of sadness” a year after the tragic loss of her husband, Swedish actor Mattias Ripa – would have hit fans hard at any time....

Project EDEN (2026) – 1 star Director: SweetHeartist Writer: SweetHeartist Cast: Veri Louise, Ciara Carruthers, Remco Grol, Soloman Lasaro, Logan Chitwood Running time: 5mins…...

Potwash (2026) – 3 stars Director: Joshua Trett Writer: Joshua Trett Cast: Kyle Malan, Darcy Winters, Will Pierson, Mark Nash, David Norfolk…...

Nataliya Golofastova joins Indy Film Library to discuss her feature documentary Otets, her new project visiting her father in Odessa, and the risks and rewards of revolutionary filmmaking.

Behind the Door (2026) – 2.5 stars

The lights dim, and a hush descends on the murmuring crowd. For a second in the darkness, the only noise is the buzzing of the desk fan – an ad-hoc solution to the somewhat appropriate heat wave which has surprised Amsterdam, just in time for the inaugural Greek Film Festival in the Netherlands.