Indie Shorts Mag Team

Written and directed by Mackenzie Patrick, ‘(Bi)Polar Bear’ is a Chinese box in a labyrinth from the opening shot all the way through to the end. It follows the interconnected lives of three high school students with their own set of…
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Art & Craft are a strange being. Both easy to express, open to myriads of interpretations and profound in just their expanse. ‘Small Fish’ at 13:41 minutes in duration, touches upon both these themes, but in an unusual way. Directed and…
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The school bell rings, and there’s the rush out, of children on their way into their mother’s arms; except for two. For their mother isn’t there. Their tiny little hearts broken, they sit on the pavement waiting for their mother. Their…
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Trauma holds the ability to break even the most resilient minds. It comes with a heavy price costing the one suffering from it whatever they hold dear the most. 'Hearts and Minds', manages to convey the relentless agony of a mind through a…
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Horror as a genre isn’t easy to deliver. And, yet, it has survived the cynical eye of generations together to establish itself as a potent category of the 21st century. Clearly, there must be something that’s going right. There is something…
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Watching Eric Liddle’s 'Mister Swolo' is like taking a joyride into an absolutely bizarre dream that makes perfect sense only while it exists. Two friends, Harrison Charge (Jack Anderson) and Peter Short (newcomer Gary Bannon) embark on a…
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Each painting is a story. But, this one tucked in its golden frame is a living tale. For, it can deceive you with its tricks and magic. ‘The Portrait In The Lobby’ by Mycle Scheuer is the telling of a living fresco, a magician caught within…
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Dramatic and suspense-ridden, ‘The Shadow Scarf’ is a layered display that sways between being hair-raising and suspiciously predictable as the movie attempts to explore the question of culpability of the bystander. Clay von Carlowitz’s…
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The birds chirping in the distance and the waves lashing on to the shore as they kiss the beach; they produce a soothing symphony. Duke enjoys every moment of this experience as he stands there, wetting his feet. The look of pure innocence…
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Films about slavery are exceedingly rare and the good ones, even so. In the wake of equality movements around the world, more light is being shed on the inhumane atrocities borne by the then, African slaves. The best and perhaps the rawest…
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