Too many films have explored grief and loss on screen. The suffering and the unbearable weight of it has been the staple script for many a film. It would take something beyond the ordinary to grab and sustain the viewer’s attention now in this sub-category. Sans dialogues and with minimal use of traditional storytelling techniques,… Continue reading Egg: Distinct Monochrome Imagery Used For Storytelling
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Metta Via: Stunning Sci-Fi Imagery On Consciousness
Co-writers Warren Flanagan and Paul Flanagan explore metaphysics, the conscious and the subconscious within a realm of exquisite colours and expertly-handled VFX effects. 10 minutes of pure fantasy, the film touches upon existential and spiritual philosophies laden with scientific and theological references. Evelyn (Stacey Armstrong) wakes up to find herself attached to the inception machine.… Continue reading Metta Via: Stunning Sci-Fi Imagery On Consciousness
Ce l’ho Corto Film Festival Announces Their Official Selection For 2020
Ce l’ho Corto Film Festival makes it official! Their upcoming second edition will take place in Bologna from 25th to 28th November 2020. The films have been selected from among more than 500 short films that were submitted to Ce l’ho Corto Calling under 4 major categories. Here is the comprehensive list of films selected under each of… Continue reading Ce l’ho Corto Film Festival Announces Their Official Selection For 2020
Hunnybuns: A Surrealistic Musical On Finding Love & Death
Director John Connor Hammond’s Hunnybuns is barely 5-minutes in duration. At most, it feels like an extended advertisement. To fit in grave, philosophical topics of love, joy and death would have most certainly required a musical backdrop to sustain the theme and storyline. And so, here we are with a drama and musical on life’s… Continue reading Hunnybuns: A Surrealistic Musical On Finding Love & Death
The Suitcase: A True Story From The Declassified Files Of The FBI
Boston-bred Joe Franek is a baggage handler at the Logan Airport. Belittled, berated, he is simply carrying the onus of an unfulfilled life, both professional and personal. But unbeknownst to all, including himself, his one choice is set to change the course of many passengers’ lives and make a mark in both aviation’s and America’s… Continue reading The Suitcase: A True Story From The Declassified Files Of The FBI
A Clockwork Heart: A Classic Example Of Disney’s Precursors
Fairytales are made of these. A storyline that touches upon the ups and downs of ordinary life, under extraordinary circumstances. Music that catapults one into the fantasy of a life far beyond the regular rigmarole. And a narrator who walks one through the story’s various unpredictable turns. Director David Lawson’s A Clockwork Heart attempts to… Continue reading A Clockwork Heart: A Classic Example Of Disney’s Precursors
Cinematographer Veronica Bouza On Visualising, Collaboration, And Subverting Genres
Leave Us Here is a visual haiku. Starring Starletta Dupois and Lauren E. Banks, the story revolves around a seemingly lazy afternoon and a casual ride to the gas station, but what the grandmother-daughter duo have in store for them makes the film an absolute adventure thereafter. Shot on 35mm, Leave Us Here is an… Continue reading Cinematographer Veronica Bouza On Visualising, Collaboration, And Subverting Genres
Bittersweet: A Feel-Good Film To Instill Hope
Put an endlessly chatting boy and a despairing man together, and the chances are you’ll either find your hands inching for the gun or the popcorn. But director Max Mir’s Bittersweet offers something more. Although a little stretched, with the age gap between the characters and the plausibility of the setting, the film, all 14:47… Continue reading Bittersweet: A Feel-Good Film To Instill Hope
Good Mourning: The Humour In Nightmares
If the punny title did not clue you in, Daniel Rashid’s Good Mourning plays around with a funeral, and the woman at the helm of its many-tined affairs. Piper, played by Reilly Anspaugh, was her late grandfather’s pet, and she has taken it upon herself to give him the best farewell. All is right and… Continue reading Good Mourning: The Humour In Nightmares
Brass: A City Stripped Bare With COVID-19
When writer-director Anuj Jamadagni noticed Victor cleaning the streets at a stoplight, little did he know what the sight truly beheld. With curiosities piqued, he pursued the story. Victor isn’t affiliated with any cleaning agencies or the government. He isn’t on a payroll. Then why would he bother to engage in such selfless exercises? What… Continue reading Brass: A City Stripped Bare With COVID-19