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Author: Juan Ospina

Juan Ospina is a regular contributor as well as a co-founder of Short Ends Collective. He holds a BFA in Film Studies at Concordia University where he graduated with Honors. His interests encompass New Wave cinemas, the Gangster genre, Anime, Latin-American films and, as a rule, movies that make him cry.
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In Conversation: Amat Escalante and Mexican Rendered Realities

29 Nov 2023
During the latest edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, I had the chance to watch Perdidos de Noche (2023) the newest film by Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante. The movie…
FNC…

In Conversation: Melisa Liebenthal, Faces, Places and Identities

29 Nov 2023
There is a rare moment of consciousness while watching a film when you realize what you are watching is forthrightly unique. This is the case for Argentinean director, Melisa Liebenthal,…
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In Conversation: Ángeles Cruz, Serenity, and Ancestral Emotional Connections

29 Sep 202317 Aug 2024
In the frame of the 2023 Edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, I had the opportunity to watch (admittedly, more than once) Ángeles Cruz’s newest feature film Valentina o…
Festival Spotlights…

Festival Spotlight: TIFF 2023

29 Sep 202329 Sep 2023
First times are always nerve-racking, and although we have gone through many (maybe too many) film festivals before, we had never witnessed something of the magnitude of the Toronto International…
Phantasmagoria

Ghost in the Shell and the Chilling, Not So Chill, State of Contemporary Souls

1 Sep 20231 Sep 2023
Many, maybe too many, artistic reflections have been made about life in the new millennium, especially in cinema. Some tend to romanticize our future; others are more worried about a…
Music

Musicality of Silence in Sound of Metal

1 Jun 202331 May 2023
It is hard to explain how silence feels. Not as in the absence of sound, but in your heart and mind. Silence can be heavy, can be sharp, can be…
Outtakes

Return to Seoul: A Ballad of Anger and Recognition 

13 Mar 202329 Sep 2025
Bright neon lights shine on Freddie’s face as she is dancing alone through a half-empty bar in Seoul. Even as her body moves frantically, her face seems to have no…
Habitats

Home, Happiness, Microhabitats

1 Mar 202328 Feb 2023
Often, I find myself debating alone on a barstool, wondering if I should order a pint of beer or if I should go home. Although home is not the correct…
In Conversation

In Conversation: Germán Gutiérrez, untouched territories and trustful histories.

18 Jan 2023
Colombia has one of the most complex yet unexplored histories in South America, it is an endeavour of its own just to try to explain in the most stripped-down conversational…
In Conversation

In Conversation: Deco Dawson, Diaspora, and the Universalness of Solitude

28 Oct 202228 Sep 2023
In the frame of the 2022 Festival de Nouveau Cinema, I was able to interview Canadian filmmaker Deco Dawson. The 8th of October had a chilly morning and overcast skies,…

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