The wait is coming to a close! Here are the nominees who made it to the second edition of ISMSFF! A loud shout out to all the ones who made it this far and an even louder one to those inching closer to the grand finale! This has been a very liberating experience for us… Continue reading Announcing The Nominees For ISMSFF’s 2022 Edition!
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Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2022’s Semi-Finalists
We are excited to announce the semi-finalists for the second edition of the ISMSFF. On behalf of ISMSFF, we would like to thank all the filmmakers without whose submissions and valuable inputs, this event wouldn’t have been fruitful. Finalists will be announced on 11th July 2022 and Nominees will be announced on 12th July 2022.… Continue reading Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2022’s Semi-Finalists
Man Obsessed: Romantic Obsessions And Everything Else They Distract From
Tony Suriano’s Man Obsessed details the journey of its protagonist, Sam, through unrequited love, breakdown and a chance at a new beginning. An amateur songwriter, Sam’s breakdown is the point of the film’s beginning, finding him waist deep in a river, playing a broken guitar with no strings. Thus Sam (played by Suriano) starts off… Continue reading Man Obsessed: Romantic Obsessions And Everything Else They Distract From
Mara: A Spin On The Selkie Folklore
As the name implies, Uisdean Murray’s Mara: The Seal Wife features a selkie as one of its two main characters. Set in a desolate Scottish island, it portrays the separate but intertwined tragedies of the selkie and her human husband, one or both destined to meet heartbreak. Three timelines populate the narrative, spanning a period… Continue reading Mara: A Spin On The Selkie Folklore
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2022’s Official Selections
We are excited to announce the official selections for the second edition of the ISMSFF. After the successful run of our inaugural event held last year, we made announcements for the second edition, in March, and the response has been amazing! ISMSFF 2022 primarily seeks to promote emerging filmmakers while providing a credible platform for… Continue reading Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2022’s Official Selections
Monkey Enters Lanka: A Fable Told Through The Blending Of Elements
Saie Surendra’s Monkey Enters Lanka is as simple as its title is utilitarian. Based on the multicultural mythological tales of Ramayana, the 34-minute film is a quasi-modern take with a Sin City-esque look. Featuring a multiethnic cast, the film is narrated from the perspective of an animated Hanuman (Surendra), who has arrived in Lanka as… Continue reading Monkey Enters Lanka: A Fable Told Through The Blending Of Elements
One More Bite: The Price That Coping Mechanisms Exact
Yaxing Lin’s One More Bite explores how some slippery slopes turn into vicious cycles that do not stop unless stopped. 18 minutes long, the film centres on Jiuming, a young woman with bulimia who is also coping with an unhealthy relationship. The two feed into each other, with more factors like family added in. Jiuming… Continue reading One More Bite: The Price That Coping Mechanisms Exact
Perfect: Finding Homegrown Love Through Home Trials
Michael Heaton’s 26-minute comedy-drama Perfect is a story set in an alternate universe of the 1950s US. Here, humans grow like plants, made to order for people looking for love or children. Or both, as in the case of Patty’s neighbour. It is this neighbour, Martha (Alejandra Chavarria), who gets Patty (Samantha Clarke) to try… Continue reading Perfect: Finding Homegrown Love Through Home Trials
Santi: Grappling With Not Belonging
Harry Richards’ Santi follows a young man’s evening at a London party with his girlfriend. The lone Colombian in a crowd of English, Santi’s search for a quiet corner to answer his mother’s call finds him navigating microaggressions and the keen, unceasing self-consciousness of being different. They are not his friends. Santi (Jon Gutierrez) is… Continue reading Santi: Grappling With Not Belonging
The Atomic Spawn: Nuclear Testing and Other Things Beyond Control
Arthur Veenema’s The Atomic Spawn is a mildly humorous sci-fi about a man condemned to die as a test subject and the irradiated lizard he helps bring into existence. Set in the early 1950s US, the experiences of its Vietnamese-American protagonist as he is left to die is juxtaposed with the lizard who not only… Continue reading The Atomic Spawn: Nuclear Testing and Other Things Beyond Control