Sofia El Khyari’s Le Corps Poreux, or The Porous Body, takes an intimate look at the process of introspection and turns it into a sensory experience that places viewers right under the narrator/protagonist’s skin—something she herself attempts to do. Narrated by Khyari, the film expertly gets at the feeling of being just slightly disconnected with… Continue reading Le Corps Poreux: Visual Translation Of A Deeply Intimate Process
Author: Indie Shorts Mag Team
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2021 Winners
Today we are more than elated to share with you the details of the winners from Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) 2021 – First Edition that is Powered By Filmstro. While the announcement was made in the live event, yesterday itself, in the presence of over 400 plus film lovers, we are equally… Continue reading Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2021 Winners
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) 2021 Announces Official Nominations
We are approaching the final hours of our festival and that means it’s time to announce the winners. But first, let’s look at the nominees. For our first edition of the festival, we received 476 submissions and handpicked about 200 films. Check out all the official selections here. The films were picked by our judges’… Continue reading Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) 2021 Announces Official Nominations
Away From It All: Rage And Chaotic Comedy To Soothe It
One can safely theorize that after a global trauma that has already lasted one and a half years—and is still ongoing—there will be a plethora of art that will spring from it. While there is zero reference to the pandemic in Mason Thorne’s Away From It All, there is still to the story and its tone… Continue reading Away From It All: Rage And Chaotic Comedy To Soothe It
Department Of Detachment: An Intellectual Satire For The Lovesick
Elina Sahlin’s Department Of Detachment feels like many things at once. An ode to Yorgos Lanthimos’s work, a distinct reminiscence to the Bergman-style delivery, and a wonderfully scripted short (all of 7-minute) on a topic that has been painted in more or less the same colours. What Sahlin, however, does is, subvert the usual and… Continue reading Department Of Detachment: An Intellectual Satire For The Lovesick
I Am An Island: Valuable Lesson Imparted, Yet Again, Through Brilliant Acting
Writer-director Damian Draven’s 12:22-minute long I Am An Island (IAAI) adds to the already long list of films on mental health. So, what makes it different? Three things. Its concept of pitting two ex-lovers together highlighting a very pressing social issue—suicide. It’s filming that occurred during the lockdown. And, finally and most importantly, the fact… Continue reading I Am An Island: Valuable Lesson Imparted, Yet Again, Through Brilliant Acting
Broken Shelter: Looking Hate, And Terror It Spreads, In The Face
Tim Hewitt’s Broken Shelter surprises. Despite its obviously amateur choice of camera, not only does the film have largely compelling camerawork, it does storytelling with a deftness that one would not immediately expect from it. The 13-minute film opens on a tense domestic scene: Tim (played by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith) is to move out of the… Continue reading Broken Shelter: Looking Hate, And Terror It Spreads, In The Face
From A Strange Land: Skin Shriveling Awkwardness And All That Comes With It
Writer-director Caroline Steinbeis’s debut From A Strange Land is wildly entertaining and contains greater depth than is apparent. The plot looks fairly simple: a neighbour brings the new family next door a welcome present only to walk in on a situation no one was prepared for. Naked neighbours, or indecorous neighbours? Which is worse? This… Continue reading From A Strange Land: Skin Shriveling Awkwardness And All That Comes With It
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2021’s Official Selections
Elated to announce our first-ever official selections at the 2021 edition, we bring this news to you straight from the ISMSFF desk. The event that was powered by Filmstro is already on to a good start if the numbers are anything to go by. With an overwhelming response of 476 submissions, the ISMSFF team had… Continue reading Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (ISMSFF) Announces Its 2021’s Official Selections
Skindiving: Storytelling Through Silence
To those unfamiliar with Victoria DeMartin’s work, it does not take more than a few seconds into Skindiving to recognise that this is the work of an accomplished artist. The 18-minute film follows Caitlin (Laura Piccoli), effortlessly conveying her inner state through striking, evocative visuals in a way that makes words unnecessary, and the film… Continue reading Skindiving: Storytelling Through Silence