Robbie J. Atkinson

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Robbie J. Atkinson

Robbie J. Atkinson is a storyteller who plunges deep into the murky waters of human emotion and pulls out something raw, unsettling, and oddly beautiful.

In ‘Kalimba‘, her horror project, we’re handed a terrifying vision of sleep paralysis that gnaws at you – but, the real horror creeps in from a different place. You can feel her fingerprints all over this narrative, each scene pulsing with something personal and close to the bone – especially given that she co-wrote it with her late father, Rob K. Atkinson. That collaboration adds a whole new layer of meaning, transforming ‘Kalimba’ into something more than just a horror film. It’s a love letter wrapped in a nightmare, and every detail feels intimate and intentional.

With ‘Perspective: Nature‘, because Atkinson proves she’s not just a one-trick horror pony. In this micro-short, she completely flips the script. Gone are the dark corners and suffocating tension; instead, we get one minute of sheer visual poetry. One minute to remind us that we’re part of something bigger, something fragile, something deeply connected. Atkinson doesn’t need dialogue, she barely needs plot – just the breathtaking autumn landscape. There’s no lecturing, no preachy undertones. It’s all restraint and nuance.

Atkinson layers her films with thoughtfulness, teasing out themes of harmony and disconnection, between people, between us and nature. She has the audacity to dig deep and make us feel. Whether she’s serving up spine-tingling horror or letting us lose ourselves in the quiet, almost spiritual moments of nature, she’s always chasing that truth, that raw human core. And that’s why her work deserves your attention and praise.

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