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  Review by Christof ★★★★

  Kind of refreshing to see a short film about a Syrian refugee that is not primarily about the experience of being a refugee, but rather something that is, at the same time, more specific and more universal.

  It's triumphant, and exactly the kind of exploration I want to see in a live-action short film.

  2022 Shortlisted Live-Action Shorts ranked

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  Review by ThePugLord ★★★★★ 2

  Best short at 2022 Sundance Film Fest.
  One of the best shorts I’ve seen in years.

  This film has everything you want in a top-notch film: 

  - strong social commentary about a specific place that also reflects the greater society as a whole

  - an engaging lead actor surrounded by an array of characters who are well-directed - they are entirely natural and believable and all lend to both impressive authenticity and subtle character-building (love the scene on the bus when the guy slaps the window from outside to interrupt our protagonist - a seemingly simple and mundane everyday moment that brilliantly encapsulates the entire internal conflict of the lead character)

  - transportation to a world unseen by many in…

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  Review by dan p ★★★★

  dangling from a construction crane will be the episode 3 mini challenge on season 41 of drag race in 2050 (the show takes a year off in the mid 2030's after Viacom is purchased by Chick-fil-A Ministries Media and purges their queer content)

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  Review by Corwyn

  Sundance 2022 Short, #15

  Ended up not watching anywhere near as many shorts as I thought I would, considering I had way more time than last year (where I think I watched 13 or so, most or all of which I think were on day one, cuz the other days were all wall-to-wall, 5+ movies a day). But, I opened this one up just before closing time, so I could squeeze in one more.

  It was very good!

  Okay, for real this time. Hope y'all had a great Sundance! Resting my weary bones for real now.

  ➡️ All short films, 2022

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  Review by Mitchell Beaupre ★★★★

  Sundance 2022: #18

  A Syrian migrant worker wakes up to head out for his daily grind on a worksite, but before doing so he takes a picture into the bathroom of the cramped home he inhabits with several co-workers. While they mock him, thinking he was attempting to masturbate before they woke up, the man remains quiet and keeps to himself. Upon arriving at the site, they learn the man tasked with operating the most dangerous crane on the site has died, making him the latest on a list of many who fell victim to the unsafe working conditions on that crane. Taking over this duty, our main character appears to be faced with a most treacherous predicament, as Dania…

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  Review by OYINDA ★★★★

  I especially love watching short film with absolutely no context as to what it'll be about. We need more queer stories that are told from the perspectives of different cultures. Warsha was gut-wrenchingly honest and the imagery was compelling in ways that took a turn for the unexpected. To me, Oyinda, Warsha is a human story about privacy, personal freedom, and the beautiful complexities of ones inner vortex.

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  Review by Troy Thrace ★★★★½

  What a stunning lil masterpiece this is. It build its tension effectively and releases it in unexpected and extraordinary ways. Queer peeps always be finding ways to carve out spaces for authentic expression, the lengths necessary for this one seem appropriately Extra.

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  Review by michał wasilewski ★★★½

  2023 Oscars: Live Action Shorts - #8

  The dream of being free, or at least feeling free, even if it's only for a couple moments; Warsha is a magnetising and poetic symbolisation of how much it means to break from constraints of mundanity and the reality you're trapped in.

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  Review by Vår Del Aal ★★★½

  Give me my freedom as it is in heaven

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  Review by Kim

  As someone who is deathly afraid of heights, this is terrifying. As someone who is queer, this is delightful and heartwarming.

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  Review by Ronaldo ★★★★

  As someone who wishes he was the only person in the world when he’s walking down the street with earbuds in so he could have a full on musical number this is very relatable. Also, that lead actor is very hot, hope he makes more movies.

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  Review by 🗿 🐈 ★★★

  slayed