Drama films provide a powerful emotional experience. Viewers connect deeply with characters and their stories. These films explore complex themes and human relationships.
Poetic, seductive and impressive film! A love story between a robot and a scarecrow who meet and fall for each other at a summer music festival. I find most shorts annoyingly lacking in script and plot– and I admit this short is not “fully filled in”. But it doesn’t have to be. We don’t need…
Subtle exploration of identity, perceptions and belonging! Set in a mock Iraqi village, Shako Mako follows American-Iraqi actress Alia Shawkat, and a team of amateur actors who hope to make it in entertainment industry, and we see them rehearsing scenes and recording audition tapes. “It’s a role I’ve always hoped to play, an actress who…
Rallying cry against social inequality and class barriers A gangster with a strong streak of honor saves an upper-class South Korean woman. A romance soon forms between the two of them and there is some interchange of their respective worlds, but these things never turn out well, especially in South Korean films and their respective…
The documentary deftly captures the tender moments between Edith and Eddie, painting a vivid portrait of their enduring affection for each other.
Shortlisted by the Academy for Oscar consideration in the best documentary short category Alone tells the story of a 20-something black girl in Louisiana, who is in love with a prisoner apparently serving a ten year sentence and intends to marry him. I say apparently, because this black and white short is frustratingly vague about…
Kieran Culkin and Mae Whitman Spar In Woody Allen-Inspired Short ‘Approaching a Breakthrough’ In this surrealist short, a young man is visited by past therapists and exes while arguing with his girlfriend over a walk in Central Park. Back in New York after a stint in Los Angeles, Norman Kaminsky has a terrible argument with…
Amazing short drama film An apathetic teenager with sex on his mind decides to ditch school. The decisions he makes culminate into something of a waking nightmare, tearing apart any facade he has put on and revealing his true personality. I’m the most impressed by how things look visually, though. It’s unlike anything I’ve seen…
Thoroughly and completely masterful film, richly fascinating and unforgettable!! Beyond deals with travel through time and space, although this newest short film focuses on a man who inadvertently receives a form of immortality as he tries to reverse its effects. The film takes several surprising turns in the latter half, culminating in a meditation on…
Beautiful and charming comedy with adorable story and great ending When news breaks that the county pig fete’s being revived, the once-legendary Farmer decides to make one final roll of the dice – and invest his life savings in a thoroughbred piglet with which to breed new life back into his now dilapidated farm. But…
2019 Oscar nominated documentary about black man lliving on a white estate run by racists After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius’ family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has…
Great short thriller film Fine thriller in which a man, who plans to use a handgun on himself, sees a girl being snatched from the curbside. He decides he must take action and has the gun if he needs to use it. Caught up in the middle of a disturbing crime, will he be able…
Great short film with amazing plot and beautiful cinematography For Sylvester, her light is an ever-present memory. When darkness enshrouds his life, he must gather the courage to confront his grief and find a new beginning. Kurt Devonshire is a visionary filmmaker from London, UK, recently graduated from Rutgers University. This is a short film…
Martin Scorsese’s First Film
This psychological short-film has gained cult following, especially given the heights which Nolan’s now climbed since making it. The film concerns a grungy man, in a filthy apartment. He is anxious and paranoid, trying to kill a small bug-like creature that is scurrying on the floor. It is revealed that the bug resembles a miniature…
Parallel losses push strangers Rachel (MOLLY PARKER) and Lia (ROSEMARIE DEWITT) into self-soothing rituals and self-destructive hazes, only to collide unwittingly on a regional Florida shopping network. BEST NARRATIVE SHORT — INDIE MEMPHIS 2018 NSFW magicbulletfilm.com feelingtone.com Written / Directed by AMANDA LOVEJOY STREET Cinematography by MARTIM VIAN Edited by KATE ABERNATHY Music by NIC…
