Enrique A. Mendoza’s La Leyenda del Sombrerón is a 9-minute horror that has its own take on the Guatemalan legend. Taking its protagonist, the orphaned child Suzana, through a disorienting maze where nothing familiar provides comfort any longer, the story teeters between safety and danger. El Sombrerón (played in the film by Fernando Martínez) is a… Continue reading La Leyenda del Sombrerón: Dream and Reality Merge into an Exitless Maze
Author: Indie Shorts Mag Team
Chekhov’s: A Work Of Art: Refinement, and All the Measures to Preserve its Illusion
Nick Burton’s Chekhov’s: A Work of Art is a 14-minute adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s short story of the same name. A satire with its eye on the hypocrisy of the refined and well-off, it haunts its characters with a sculpture that equally sparks fascination and aversion. As in the story, the film does not bestow… Continue reading Chekhov’s: A Work Of Art: Refinement, and All the Measures to Preserve its Illusion
Silver Screen Suicide: Reality and the Present Clash with Reel and the Past
Kyle Hartford’s Silver Screen Suicide is a 10-minute flirtation with classical Hollywood. The life of a man frustrated by his circumstances is interwoven with the noir airing on TV: Silver Screen Suicide replete with the blonde femme fatale and the mysterious, jaded male character. On the other side of the screen is Paulie (DeAndre Weaver), tired, resentful,… Continue reading Silver Screen Suicide: Reality and the Present Clash with Reel and the Past
Secrets, Swipes and Lies: Chasing Highs Everywhere
Dezera Page’s five-episode Secrets, Swipes and Lies takes sex addiction and gives it a salacious turn. Over the five episodes, its protagonist bargains with her dual lives—that of a career driven law student with a squeaky clean image, and the other, of a messy, ailing young woman driven by the fear of loss of control.… Continue reading Secrets, Swipes and Lies: Chasing Highs Everywhere
And the winners are…: Announcing the winners of Short of the Year Awards 2022
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Short of the Year Awards 2022! After careful consideration and judging by our esteemed panel, the following films have been chosen for their exceptional storytelling and artistic merit. Congratulations to all talented filmmakers who submitted their work, and a special congratulations to our winners. Without further… Continue reading And the winners are…: Announcing the winners of Short of the Year Awards 2022
Announcing The Nominees For Short Of The Year Awards 2022
Our judges had to narrow the list of 189 films reviewed in 2022 to a select group of nominees for the Short of the Year Awards 2022. They encountered an immense challenge in choosing the finalists, considering each film’s unique narrative and emotional impact. After careful deliberations, they chose a special selection of outstanding shorts… Continue reading Announcing The Nominees For Short Of The Year Awards 2022
Parasomnia: Sleep Paralysis in Bite-sized Horror
Jalen Tellis’ Parasomnia is a 8-minute horror film based around the terror of sleep paralysis. Its protagonist, a man struggling with chronic sleep deprivation, faces demons both literal and figurative as he is caught in a spell of complete immobility. Through sleep paralysis, the film utilises the fear of a complete loss of control—something that… Continue reading Parasomnia: Sleep Paralysis in Bite-sized Horror
A Feast That Never Comes: Intertwining Lives and the Accompanying Grief
Maria Juranic’s A Feast That Never Comes is a 16-minute experimental dance film exploring four characters’ interiority, and relationships with each other, their circumstances and with themselves. Divided into four distinct sections, the characters’ lives intertwine in spirals of alienation and disaffection stemming from desire, loneliness and betrayal. Kate (Nico Li) appears alone in the… Continue reading A Feast That Never Comes: Intertwining Lives and the Accompanying Grief
How to Find Yourself: Inventorying Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Brian Petchers’ How to Find Yourself is a mere 3 minutes long. Poetic and fleeting, it could very well be a music video—an ode to growing up. This tone is directly directed by the film’s subject: young adults. Shot on super 16 film and camcorder, the very aesthetic is impulsive, and evocative of something limited… Continue reading How to Find Yourself: Inventorying Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Turtle Game: A Way to Address Social & Political Failure
EJ Moonshot’s Turtle Game is a 36-minute documentary dealing with contemporary American issues and the proposal of a solution. Given a foundation of human interest, the documentary lays out the director’s own personal story as a segue into its subject. This might be an eye-opener for those unaware of the American socio-cultural-political structure. But, for… Continue reading Turtle Game: A Way to Address Social & Political Failure