Heads up that all the quote formatting is b0rked.

Ah so sad not to be seeing this one. Hope it gets some sort of release later.

Don’t Cry Butterfly (9) was a bit heavier. Neatly told Vietnamese story about relationships and loss. Not sure which bits were real or metaphors. I enjoyed it but I don’t know if I’ll remember much about it.

Followed by How to Make a Killing (aka A Bear in the Jura) (7). Christmas crime caper with bears, drug dealers, bags of cash, swingers, and all sorts. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Eye opening, sad and moving. I think it underplayed just how important the NHS is and occasionally stretched the witch parallels a bit, but it was raw and personal and I’d watch anything else from Elizabeth Sankey in a heartbeat.

Witches (5) was a collage of film footage (yes!) of witches (yes!) illustrating how the healthcare system fails those with postpartum depression and psychosis (yikes).

Throw in some meta angles where they’re literally making a film of their lives as it happens and you’ve got my attention. Five stars from me.

I’d forgotten Dave Made a Maze!

And Tim Travers and the Time Traveller’s Paradox was a very silly time travel adventure. A lot of very funny bits and some bonkers special effects. I tired of it a bit in the final act, but it’s exactly the kind of unhinged story that I love to see at the film festival

😂 And there I was worrying #cocksOfLIFF had died with twitter. Good work