After the successful run of our inaugural event held last year, we are excited to announce the return of the Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) 2022. (Pssst, this time, even grander!) The second edition of ISMSFF will be held on the 13th of July, 2022, and is expected to screen some notable short… Continue reading Announcing Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival(ISMSFF) 2022
Author: Indie Shorts Mag Team
Life 72: Adding A Weightlessness To Life And Death
Life 72 is as eccentric as it is oddly comforting. Josh Wann’s 7-minute film follows its protagonist Kurt through lifetimes and the times in between, and in doing so offers soothing explanations for those things about living that unsettle or frighten us. Kurt (Denver Taylor) falls off a ladder. He dies. After launching a tirade… Continue reading Life 72: Adding A Weightlessness To Life And Death
Faces of Dead Women: Revenge, Trauma’s Offspring
Joshua Nelson’s Faces of Dead Women is a 40-minute rape-revenge drama with a collective of survivors instead of a singular protagonist. Gathering at a therapy group for rape survivors, the unnamed women’s journey towards healing takes an unexpected turn at the behest of their leader. When the film begins, it could almost be mistaken for… Continue reading Faces of Dead Women: Revenge, Trauma’s Offspring
Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears: A Memoir Of Violence And Trauma
Nhung Nguyen’s 25-minute Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears is a reenacted documentary that chronicles the events leading up to and after a traumatic experience. Nguyen has created the narrative using a form of emotional realism, where her internal world is brought out and made the lens through which her experience is depicted and understood. The film… Continue reading Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears: A Memoir Of Violence And Trauma
Disparity: On the True Nature of Poverty
Renu Mehta’s expansive documentary on the politics of extreme wealth inequality, Disparity serves as a comprehensive resource for a beginner. Featuring interviews of Nobel laureates, scholars, activists, and billionaire philanthropists (as well as voiceover narration by Sir Ben Kingsley), the documentary explains the issues surrounding poverty and foreign aid; and while it dissects the issues… Continue reading Disparity: On the True Nature of Poverty
A Trillion Miles West Of Bradford: Love And Grief That Cuts Across Universes
Hamish Robertson’s A Trillion Miles West Of Bradford is a 22-minute LGBTQ+ sci-fi short about a man who is willing to transcend interdimensional limits to reclaim a lost love. A carefully paced narrative, the film explores grief through the moments of selfishness it sometimes brings on. This selfishness takes centre stage in A Trillion Miles… Continue reading A Trillion Miles West Of Bradford: Love And Grief That Cuts Across Universes
The Screaming Worm of Tarshish: Retelling Of A Biblical Tale
This is a story of survival. A story of someone’s tumultuous journey from being a non-believer to an ardent advocate of the faith. But, above all else, it’s a humble attempt at addressing you, the audience directly in one of the oldest stories ever told. The story of Jonah and the whale remains the setting… Continue reading The Screaming Worm of Tarshish: Retelling Of A Biblical Tale
Heart Failure: The Modern Blend Of Ready Vulnerability And Denial
Will Wightman’s 10-minute EDM musical Heart Failure draws a picture of modern love in one of its most mundane-messy avatars. Driving it is Frank and Izzie, a couple who come together after a night of drinking and casual sex. Frank narrates the story through songs while the visuals reflect just how messy (in more than… Continue reading Heart Failure: The Modern Blend Of Ready Vulnerability And Denial
Doors: Play of Silence and Sound in Chilling Bite-Sized Horror
Dennis Cahlo’s horror short Doors (co-written with Bethany Watson) makes judicious use of its time. At just 4 minutes, with no dialogue and a single character, the film sets up a chilling narrative set to a relentless background score. Camerawork and editing make themselves felt as intensely as the music while the tension escalates without… Continue reading Doors: Play of Silence and Sound in Chilling Bite-Sized Horror
Bugtussle: A Doomed Dash For A Better Life
Derek Sitter’s Bugtussle is a tale of dreams that were always doomed because the dreamers were always doomed. Explored through the failed robbery attempt of two men in small-town Oklahoma, the 21-minute film is a moving, bitter tragedy based all too accurately on reality. John Mese plays Crow, a middle-aged man taking one last shot… Continue reading Bugtussle: A Doomed Dash For A Better Life