Even as news of the Biden administration reuniting 4 migrant families separated on Trump’s diktat makes waves across the globe, the hope is met with bitterness. Bitterness of the hate crimes meted out against the migrant families, as a direct consequence of the hateful rhetoric the previous administration exercised. While short films seldom experiment with… Continue reading Fruta Extraña: Poignant Short That Elucidates The Consequences Of Hate Speech
Author: Indie Shorts Mag Team
Playback: Hint of Horror & Suspense Leaving A Lot To Imagination
At 17:00-minute duration, Playback has plenty going in its favour. A suspenseful story, eclectic music, and good editing. With a wonderful scope at narration, the short highlights the bizarre experiences of a sound recordist when her device picks on strange noises that she didn’t sign up for. When Tina (Ruth Burgess) rents out a room… Continue reading Playback: Hint of Horror & Suspense Leaving A Lot To Imagination
Yesteryear: A Nostalgic Source Of Comfort During Trying Times
Photos, homemade videos have a distinct vibe to them. Regardless of whose ever it is, the grainy film, sepia-toned images carry a charm of a bygone era and time that warm our hearts. Nostalgia is what we turn to when reality becomes too much to bear. And in Chris Esper’s 13:52-minute documentary, we do precisely… Continue reading Yesteryear: A Nostalgic Source Of Comfort During Trying Times
Romance Deadline: Instilling Faith In Womanhood, Whilst Subtly Questioning Conservatism
Writer-director Angela Koh’s 17:10-minute-long Romance Deadline is a reflection of contemporary society. Too many women have shared a similar fate. Too many stories have been made to highlight their predicament. And yet the progress has been far and in between. While primarily focusing on the traditional Korean outlook of and towards women, Romance Deadline pries… Continue reading Romance Deadline: Instilling Faith In Womanhood, Whilst Subtly Questioning Conservatism
The Foal: A Hangover Horror Like None Other
It’s hard to peg writer-director Nikhail Asnani’s The Foal into a genre. It has convincing elements of horror, fantasy, why even a thriller. A slow narrative that takes its time to build, offering enough drama to make its audience invest in it, the short at 10:30-minute might seem peculiar for its subgenre, especially because neither the… Continue reading The Foal: A Hangover Horror Like None Other
Something Round: The Surreal Quality Of Grief
We expect therapists to be sorted. Certainly, the people who solve our issues must have their own affairs in order, we believe, naively. Nikhail Asnani’s 17-minute short dispels that notion. At the centre of Something Round is a woman grieving unrequited love, only to let it fester into something deeper, more damaging. Three characters populate… Continue reading Something Round: The Surreal Quality Of Grief
The Little Thief: Richly Narrated Children’s Tale That Rings In Nostalgia For All
It must take someone highly skilled or gifted to craft a tale with just three characters, in just 3-minute’s duration. But then the name Nicole Vanden Broeck springs on the screen and you know how that feat must have been achieved. If her recent Elle is anything to go by, one must hardly be surprised… Continue reading The Little Thief: Richly Narrated Children’s Tale That Rings In Nostalgia For All
Movie Night: No-Fuss Slasher Horror
Matt Rosenblatt’s Movie Night about a date gone sour holds the suspense heavy throughout the narrative, frequently shifting perspective so that you don’t know which way to look. With its cold open, the film illustrates right away that Chris (Skeeta Jenkins) and Rachel (Natali Jones) have not had the most pleasant time with each other.… Continue reading Movie Night: No-Fuss Slasher Horror
Four Minute Warning: A Bottle Film That Banks On Comedy To Drive Home A Significant Message
Despite its unusual setting, writer-director Chris Hallas’s Four Minute Warning couldn’t have hit any harder considering its relevance to what the world is already witnessing. The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have altered perspectives, perhaps forever. And, Hallas, couldn’t have timed his film any better. Without being preachy or relying on the usual emotional drama… Continue reading Four Minute Warning: A Bottle Film That Banks On Comedy To Drive Home A Significant Message
While The Cat’s Away…: Brilliantly Executed Quirky Short On Someone’s Idea Of Idling
There are films that hit you immediately with the enormity of their content. And there are those that slowly boil and then simmer down. It is hard to place While The Cat’s Away… into either of those. It is undoubtedly striking, for both, its story and execution and there are multiple times across its 10:59-minute… Continue reading While The Cat’s Away…: Brilliantly Executed Quirky Short On Someone’s Idea Of Idling