Past Lives (2023) – What If Timing Was the Only Thing That Got in the Way
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.

James, a rich IT businessman takes his wife Sarah and kids Julie and Kevin to his newly bought Summer house beside a lake. While having a nice time with family, fishing and grilling along the banks of the lake, Kevin searching for his missing kite enters a haunted place and get possessed by a demonic spirit. The family finally find him unconscious and rushed to a hospital. The Physician Dr. David Woo, a friend and old school mate of James realised the boy is possessed by a unclean spirit and advises James to consult an exorcist to save Kevin. What happened to Kevin and others? Who is the Ghost? What happened at the end? Wait and watch on the screen.
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.
Mulan had to struggle to feel like herself and see herself properly. Some of us have to strive to have our reflection mimic what’s inside. We have to crawl. We have to fight.
America is the crux of the storyline: she is the only person in existence with the power to jump between universes. As central as America is to the Multiverse of Madness story, she somehow didn’t get that much to do.
This MiamisFF Review is on the short film 'Rewind Thirty'. Created and released in the United States, this short film has an unclear message.
Written and directed by Eva Victor, who also plays Agnes, the main character, Sorry, Baby is slow and artsy, but extremely effective. It shows how the trauma developed after a sexual assault has a ripple effect and loudly echoes in the victim and her life for years after.
Where we leave the characters is in such a peaceful and optimistic place. It feels well-earned to ensure everyone gets their own specially-crafted happy ending.