“Fjord” is Beautifully Indecipherable
Fjord, like its story, is not a conclusion, but a beginning.

In 1970, a missile veers off course and crashes inside the Zona del silencio. Two locals watch Americans recover the missile, but when they go in after them, something goes terribly wrong. Thirty years later, scientists arrive to investigate all the unexplained phenomena in the region.
Fjord, like its story, is not a conclusion, but a beginning.
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is a fan-favorite, as are some of the more science fiction angled movies like 28 Days Later or World War Z. I recently watched the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson-directed movie, Outbreak for the first time, which is currently available on Netflix.
A family drama is woven with quiet yet powerful forces of words and nature.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.