Whether you are a cinephile or a film student, a budding filmmaker, or an established film veteran, access to curated short films, fellow colleagues, guest speakers, and industry experts is a boon for all. Add to that, a platform where one can showcase their work? What’s not to like in that. Indie Shorts Mag makes… Continue reading 7 Short Film Competitions in India That You Shouldn’t Miss [2024 ed.]
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Dreamers: A Well Choreographed Screen Dance To Explain The DACA
TRIVIA: For those unaware, the DACA refers to the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, an executive branch memorandum issued by the Obama administration to offer an extended time period from deportation to people brought into the States as a minor, whose presence might otherwise be considered unlawful. Started in 2012, the act was declared unconstitutional… Continue reading Dreamers: A Well Choreographed Screen Dance To Explain The DACA
The Strange Thing About The Johnsons: Sexual Abuse, Seen For The Horror It Is
Best known today for Midsommar and Hereditary, AFI Conservatory graduate Ari Aster’s horror-drama The Strange Thing About The Johnsons can perhaps be better understood today than it was ten years ago, on its release in 2011. As much as the film appears to be extreme to the point of absurd, on closer look, Aster has… Continue reading The Strange Thing About The Johnsons: Sexual Abuse, Seen For The Horror It Is
The Killing of Time: On The Passage Of A Pandemic
The title demonstrates the era of the pandemic with a precision that is almost poetic. On first glance, it appears terribly ominous, until you realise that it is not. Before you finally realize, all that free time we had to kill came at the heels of something that killed millions, and forced millions more into… Continue reading The Killing of Time: On The Passage Of A Pandemic
Göteborg Film Festival Invites One Person For 7-Day’s Of Film Retreat At A Swedish Island
In the wake of the pandemic and social distancing, Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival has revealed plans for its 2021 edition, announcing The Isolated Cinema. Instead of the usual screenings in packed theaters, this year a single participant will be invited to experience the festival for seven days in complete isolation on Pater Noster island. Of… Continue reading Göteborg Film Festival Invites One Person For 7-Day’s Of Film Retreat At A Swedish Island
Nèna: Portrait Of An Artist’s Struggle, Both Internal & External
Nèna, an aspiring artist, has a lot going for her. A blossoming career, her own creativity at its peak and a near-perfect inner world. But when the person closest to her threatens to shred that life apart, she is left with little choice but to walk out embracing the tiny bits of her that’s left.… Continue reading Nèna: Portrait Of An Artist’s Struggle, Both Internal & External
Kite: A Story That Spans Across Generations
Yumeng He’s Kite is a visual essay of testaments, opinions and feelings. Of narratives that have long transcended time and left an indelible print on its passengers. And in little over 30 minutes, Yumeng enlists her audience on board this journey. Kite is a documentary that represents the slow ebbing of time, spanning across generations and… Continue reading Kite: A Story That Spans Across Generations
Life…: A Lesson Or Two For Those In The Medical Fraternity
Medical drama is a dynamic subgenre. It can be thrilling, or emotional, or melodramatic, or even sleuthing adventures. And yet there is so much within this sub-genre that remains unexplored, whether it is iatrogenesis, or even self-medication by practitioners themselves. For the 32-minute Life, director-writer Mirlande Amazan picks a well-explored theme, but presents it in… Continue reading Life…: A Lesson Or Two For Those In The Medical Fraternity
Poser: An Epic On Insecurity, Projections, And Resentment
In four acts, Nikola Stojkovic gets down one of humanity’s great internal struggles: projection. But for three acts, the protagonist of Stojkovic’s Poser, would vehemently argue that the true ailment of humanity is posing. This is a film made by its writing. Roman (Ryan Satterfeal) is as unsympathetic as it gets. He scores no points… Continue reading Poser: An Epic On Insecurity, Projections, And Resentment
Dweller: Sci-Fi Reflecting The New Normal, And A Few Warnings For The Future
Although Fraser Denholm’s Dweller was made in 2019, it comes with painful resonance after spending a year in isolation, quarantine, and lockdowns. The 35-minute sci-fi horror introduces us to a man who has spent 4000 days alone in a bunker while humanity was faced with the threat of extinction. This sounds only vaguely familiar. Just… Continue reading Dweller: Sci-Fi Reflecting The New Normal, And A Few Warnings For The Future