Author: Indie Shorts Mag Team

“It’s a funny thing-hunger. You can forget it for a little while, but there always comes a time when you remember- it is there. And, when you do, it’s all you can think about.” Rica Sweeney, the writer-producer-director of Bone, divides the 14:52 minutes runtime in four chapters, showing the perspective of a dog contending… Continue reading Bone: A Tell-All With A Drug Runner Dog

The release of John. M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians became the foothold of many Asian directors waiting to tell nuanced tales of humanity, united by common threads, distinguished by the fabric of cultures.  One such director is Serena Kuo, a film festival veteran. Her latest film End of Summer draws away from focusing on the… Continue reading End Of Summer: The Secret Lives of Parents and Teens

Shira Haimovici’s The Launderette of Salvation is a short film about belief and faith and the film manages to make an unexpected impact in a very short span of 3:41 minutes. The story follows Sabina, a devout catholic who owns a self-service launderette in East London. Posters of Jesus are found on every wall in… Continue reading The Launderette of Salvation: A Tale About Jesus or A Commentary on Homelessness

Elevators, as everyone knows by this point, is a prime spot for mischief. Of all kinds. Under the precise hands of writer-director Forman Howes ‘Going Up’ introduces us to Raff the dissatisfied hitman, Finn the motormouth and Paloma the wide-eyed goth. Hired by Paloma (a delightful Lillian Doucet-Roche) to kill Finn (Logan Fenske), Raff (Raphael… Continue reading Going Up Takes You On A Ride That Is Equal Parts Tense & Comic

Based on John Milton’s epic Paradise, Jeremiah Kipp’s Lost + Found is a film noir moulded in the likeness of Baz Luhrman’s Romeo+Juliet, following, of course, Satan’s plan to corrupt God’s world where Adam (Carl Hendrick Louis) and Eve (Pia Haddad) live without sin.  Besides the obvious similarity in titles, the film also borrows Romeo+Juliet’s… Continue reading A Goth Retelling Of Milton’s Epic With Lost + Found

Making a name for oneself in any kind of profession is an uphill battle; doing the same at a very young age is even more difficult. But Los Angeles based rock band named Love Ghost makes it look easy with their unique brand of music that seems to have struck a chord with the public.… Continue reading Love Ghost: The Journey Through Ireland

India is a country with one of the richest ancient cultures. Lots of festivals, customs and traditions have been passed on from one generation to the next. Some of these had a lot of relevance and practicality. Today though, is it still appropriate? A Bloody Mess (10:36 minutes) questions one such set of customs. Varsha… Continue reading A Bloody Mess: The Battle of Individuality Against Tradition

Mente Mariposa, directed by Sebastian Ortiz Wilkins is an experimental short film which in 6 minutes, through the art of the metaphor swiftly and briefly traces the near-death experiences of a man and a woman buried alive in coffins. ‘Death’ narrates and compares the life of the humans in the coffins to its garden while… Continue reading An Exhilarating Experience With Mente Mariposa

The Big American Dream. Every year people from all over the world migrate to the United States of America to realize their dream of making it big and achieve the success that the rest of the world is insufficient to fulfil. Our Home Here is a 16:53-minute story of the lives of four people, whose… Continue reading Our Home Here: Paying The Cost Of Having A Dream