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Boot Polish (2007)
A distinct style of Cinema, by one of Britain's hottest new directors
A distinct style of Cinema, by one of Britain's hottest new directors Aneel Ahmad, a self taught film director, makes a bold statement with his debut short film Boot Polish, a stark metaphor set in some unspecified time and locations on the Pakistani subcontinent and made in the Punjabi language.
Boot Polish is a bold and tremendously assertive piece of film-making, a short film which thumps such an inspiring step from the outset it is hard to praise that this is a short film created by a novice director of no official film school training.
It's poetic, and genuinely the music demonstrates to be the film's true grabber. It's an honest peace of film-making and looks magnificent on the big screen.
Boot Polish is a really impressive film, Ahmads' vision, and the sheer nerve in the method his film is arranged, and determination to make it with a tiny budget is reminiscent of directors from the golden era of cinema.
Ahmad has all the right trademarks of becoming one of Britain's brightest new film directors and he should continue making projects that are distinctive and sparkle with cinematic intelligence.
9-10