Silent Code 

How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?

'Kobra Auto Retrato' chronicles the inspiring journey of Kobra, a world-renowned Brazilian muralist and street artist.

I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.

The film exhibits a respect for the craft and an empathy for human tribulations that have historically been ignored.

The movie is centered around the title character who goes on a Christmas adventure.

I was able to sit down and talk with the director of the short film Dog Lover Anne-Sophie Bine as she discussed and how she came to be in film.