Review: New Irish Shorts at Gaze
2026's New Irish Shorts are urgent and heartfelt. Familiar queer tales of tradition and family come in new shapes and sizes as Khushi Jain reviews.
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Khushi Jain holds an M.Phil in Classics from Trinity College Dublin & an MA in Reception from University College London. She writes about film and is doing her PhD in Dublin. Among other things, she writes Film Footnotes.
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Review: Testing Limits Short Films at Gaze
Sleek, sexy, and thrilling: Khushi Jain reviews the Testing Limits shorts block at Gaze.
Review: Rosebush Pruning
A family of spoiled aristocrats unravel with murder, materialism and madness. Khushi Jain takes a look at Rosebush Pruning.
Article: Meeting Films Where They Are - In conversation with James Hudson Programmer at GAZE
From emerging Irish voices to boundary-pushing international cinema, GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival 2026 promises another rich celebration of queer filmmaking. Khushi Jain meets programmer James Hudson to discuss the vision behind this year's programme.
Essay: Phones, Families & Fathers - Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet
Khushi Jain traces six powerful secrets - from a cumbersome 90s mobile phone to a red envelope - as she explores why Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet continues to resonate.
Article: Arab Film Club Comes to Dublin with Games of Hide-&-Seek, Football Stickers, Young Love & Bright Orange Fruit
Khushi Jain gets a preview peak at the power, politics and pure personality of short films on offer at the Arab Film Club.