Aaron Cohen’s Overwatch is an 18-minute drama centred on the lives of its characters, wrapped up within a very immediate war. Largely stationary, the film carves out a space for the personal while the war makes itself felt dangerously close. The first few minutes of the film is mobile and filled with action. The camera… Continue reading Overwatch: The Death of Everyday Life in War
Author: Indie Shorts Mag Team
Yesod: A Sci-Fi Telling of the Past, Present and Future
Nizar Nassar’s Yesod is a 26-minute sci-fi set centuries into the future. A wasteland dominates the frame. A solitary man negotiates the unforgiving landscape to continue surviving when little else has. But when company comes knocking, is it with his doom in tow? Having done away with dialogue, the film expresses itself wholly with its… Continue reading Yesod: A Sci-Fi Telling of the Past, Present and Future
Awkward Endeavors: Emptiness and All We Do to Get Away from it
In Derek Frey’s Awkward Endeavors the lives of three men intersect, for barely an hour, but which shines a bright, unflattering light on who they are. Only one of them may have any awareness of it. Itself nine minutes long, the film brings together these three lonely men as they make varying attempts to find… Continue reading Awkward Endeavors: Emptiness and All We Do to Get Away from it
Boomslang 3: The Blood, Disdain and Snobbery Continues
The third instalment in the Boomslang series, Justin Schwan’s Boomslang 3: Your Future takes the viewer back to the titular Erik Boomslang, returned fresh from a murder. This time, the victims of his scorn are a psychic and her assistant. The stage is set before Erik (Ryan Vincent) dives into the scene. A psychic (June,… Continue reading Boomslang 3: The Blood, Disdain and Snobbery Continues
Up and Down: The Unravelling of a Routine and the Self it Protects
Luke Masella’s 9-minute Up and Down is an astute character study of its protagonist, a man who might as well be the only person existing in the room. Obsessed with fitness and bulk, the young man appears to drown out everything else besides his own self-image. The man (Aaron Latta-Morissette) is shown in the middle… Continue reading Up and Down: The Unravelling of a Routine and the Self it Protects
European Short Pitch Announces Its Development Project, Mentorship & More For Its 16th Edition
In just a week’s time, the European Short Pitch (ESP) development workshop will commence. Its twelve selected projects participating in its upcoming ESP 2022|23 has been revealed on their website. ESP’s 16th edition, under the direction of Julie Marnay (Head of Programme) and Olga Lamontanara (Head of Coproduction Forum), celebrates its mentorship programme that supports… Continue reading European Short Pitch Announces Its Development Project, Mentorship & More For Its 16th Edition
A Letter From Home: In Search of Family, Saving and Purpose
Spencer LeGros and Alexander Hinsch’s A Letter From Home delves into the life of trauma that war veterans return to, and a program whose modest efforts have the potential to make significant change. Mainly featuring the program founder Jason Graven, the documentary portrays the founding of Task Force 20 as the culmination of a series… Continue reading A Letter From Home: In Search of Family, Saving and Purpose
The Mask in Our Hands: Showcasing Everything (that will Attract Viewers)
Joseph Sacks’ The Mask in Our Hands is a dystopian sci-fi that derives its aesthetics from Blade Runner but is firmly grounded in a logical extreme of current times. Social media is the dominant way of life, and a natural friend of the older, but no less precarious landscape of talk shows. In The Mask… Continue reading The Mask in Our Hands: Showcasing Everything (that will Attract Viewers)
Sue: Celebration of a Long Life and its Joys
Nancye Ferguson’s 23-minute documentary Sue is a tribute to her mother, the subject of the film. Focused on Sue’s search for love at 97 and the subsequent relationship she embarks on, the film is a cutesy affair about love, longevity and family. Sue traces three years of Sue’s life from 97, when she dips her… Continue reading Sue: Celebration of a Long Life and its Joys
My Name is Moe: Utterances around (and Sometimes by) Fat Bodies
Kabir McNeely’s 14-minute My Name is Moe is a personal exploration of a teenage boy’s relationship with himself and with the world. Moe lives with an eating disorder, body image issues and social anxiety, all connected to his obesity. McNeely plays Moe. His search history is filled with queries about losing weight (fast). His parents… Continue reading My Name is Moe: Utterances around (and Sometimes by) Fat Bodies