Ghosts: treat them with care! It’s Christmas – and 20 years after ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas‘ was rebooted by the BBC, Jack and Charlie continue the painstaking task of ranking every story, one b…

Who is this, who is coming? It’s Christmas – and 20 years after ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ was rebooted by the BBC, Jack and Charlie begin the painstaking task of ranking…

Director: Jarno Harju Writer: Jarno Harju Cast: Ari Nieminen, Jarno Harju & Jermu Mäkinen Running time: 12mins After seven Christmasses of Indy Film Library, I’ve had more than a few seasonal stinkers foisted upon me. For my sins, that has included an ironically hopeless Nativity, a desolate Muppet’s Christmas Carol knock-off, and multiple Steven Seagal ‘parodies’. But I must have been good in 2025, because this year I found…

Di rector: Sando Heijnen Writer: Sando Heijnen Cast: Rafaël van der Ziel & Mara Linde Tieleman Running time: 3mins Voices on the radio echo around an unseen car interior, the unmistakable bass reverberating the tragic news throughout the space. Somewhere in the Netherlands, a house has exploded, probably related to a faulty gas pipe. Elsewhere, a road is closed due to a traffic incident, with the dispassionate voice-over offering advice on how to avoid disruption.

Directors: Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas Writers: Miguel Reyes, Hidde Alberts, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas, Melle Windig Cast: Melle Windig & Hidde Alberts Running time: 5mins Long-term readers will know that I am always happy to indulge in a deliberately absurd story, where a traditionally serious plotline is rendered ridiculous by the insertion of something unapologetically childish.

2025 has been characterised by directors attempting to revitalise their careers by revisiting long-dormant franchises – to varying degrees of success. In that regard, Amsterdamned II sees Dutch B-m…

Companies used to pride themselves on the ‘artistry’ of their seasonal adverts. Whatever you think of that as a statement, the increasing abandonment of that pride – and the embracing of the slop a…

Companies used to pride themselves on the ‘artistry’ of their seasonal adverts. Whatever you think of that as a statement, the increasing abandonment of that pride – and the embracing of the slop aesthetic by some of the world’s largest corporations this Christmas – is a worrying trend. The ‘golden quarter’ (the months leading up to and including Christmas) are supposedly the most crucial in the retail calendar.

ALT: some of you may die written on a poster with shrek and knights

A month after Indy Film Library held its first in-person Halloween showcase at the Supermercator café and cultural space, I spoke to founder Judith about her hopes for the venue - and the importance of taking a leap of faith when it comes to creating your own opportunities in the arts and events space. You can find more information about the venue - and how to get involved with its events - via the Supermercator website. You can also hear about upcoming experiences via its Instagram page.

Director: Bruno Sãnto Running time: 4mins Less is more, but sometimes more is better. Birds of Amsterdam is perched precariously on the borderline – a music video that almost takes an appropriately light touch too far, when it comes to complementing the majestic score that it accompanies. Marcos Souza’s piano composition is rightly centre-stage in director Bruno Sãnto’s project. It is a piece to be swept away by, and would probably instinctively trigger a large portion of the audience to close their eyes, and simply imagine their own visualisations for this playfully swooping score.

Director: Dylan Geurts Writer: Dylan Geurts Cast: Amy van der Weerden, Omar Elshershaby, Samantha Bonouvrie, Brend Boomsma Running time: 11mins I have a life-long fascination with cringe-comedy; like a moth drawn to a flame, I can’t keep away, no matter how badly it burns. It is something I find very difficult to explain, because watching comedy hinging on social embarrassment is a highly unpleasant process – to the extent if I am watching live, I may need to wince and look away, or if I am watching something retrospectively, I will reflexively pause when things get too much.

Director: Luuk Audenaerde Writer: Luuk Audenaerde Cast: Cheyenne Löhnen, Robbert Blei & Isis Caljé Running time: 12mins In the six years since I launched Indy Film Library in Amsterdam, it has …

Director: Marco Santos Writer: Marco Santos  Cast: Luna Lozano Cid, Salvador Pinho, Ivo Carvalho, Freddie Trindade Running time: 6mins The world is filled with horrors. But between European po…

Kailey Wolf (formerly known as Kali Davis) is a film and commercial director, writer, and actor. After the success of her latest film The Last Goodbye, she discusses personal narratives, collaborative writing, and the desire not to reduce things to simplistic stories of heroes and villains. You can listen to the whole interview here: Follow Kailey Wolf on Vimeo, where you can see A Disagreement About Flies in full, for free.

Director: Diana Taylor Running time: 1hr One of the great delights of documentary is that with the right format, anything can become intriguing. An engaging narrator – or a charismatic on-screen presenter – coupled with enthusiastic and earnest talking heads could go a long way to making Watching Paint Dry a compelling late-night watch on BBC4. (See: A Brief History of Colour…

Marc Forster’s 2013 World War Z was a flabby mess – apparently such a nightmare to produce that in spite of raking in $500 million at the global box office it cannot muster a sequel eight years lat…

As we move further from the end of the First World War, the meaning of ‘Remembrance’ drifts further from the original commemoration of a mass trauma, calling on us to learn from the unnecessary slaughter of 16 million people – to one sanctifying the current and future actions of the British state. At the height of this ‘Where’s Yer Fuckin’ Poppy’ season, I’ve decided to republish an article about Doctor Who I posted a decade ago.

Director: May Bresser Writer: May Bresser Cast: Sophie Anne Timman & Kiki Mettler Running time: 15mins I spent the first 26 years of my life in Norfolk, before abruptly upping sticks in early 2017. I’d just run an extremely expensive, extremely poorly attended film festival – and paying off the associated debts required either working night shifts at a mental health home, or crawling back to an earlier role at an insurance call centre.