• Indie Short Mag TV
Indie Shorts Mag
  • Home
  • Interviews
  • News
    • Film Festival News
    • Short Film News
  • Reviews
    • Short Film
    • Documentary
    • Web Series
  • Hall of Fame
  • Short Film Festival – 2025Accepting Films
  • Tutorials
    • Pre-Production
    • Post-Production
  • Submit Short Film
    • Submit Short Film for Review
    • Submit Web Series for Review
    • Interview Submission Form
No Result
View All Result
Indie Shorts Mag
  • Home
  • Interviews
  • News
    • Film Festival News
    • Short Film News
  • Reviews
    • Short Film
    • Documentary
    • Web Series
  • Hall of Fame
  • Short Film Festival – 2025Accepting Films
  • Tutorials
    • Pre-Production
    • Post-Production
  • Submit Short Film
    • Submit Short Film for Review
    • Submit Web Series for Review
    • Interview Submission Form
No Result
View All Result
Indie Shorts Mag
No Result
View All Result

Making Peace: Coming To Terms With Life

Indie Shorts Mag Team by Indie Shorts Mag Team
16 Jan 2022
in Reviews
0
Making Peace - Short Film Review - Indie Shorts Mag

Judah Ray’s 23-minute period drama, Making Peace, tells its story in fragments, going back in time to revisit events that haunt its two characters. Set in the Mojave desert, one is taken hostage by the other. What ensues brings everything hurtling to the forefront for one to confront.

With cinematography that creates an authentic period look, the frames of Making Peace are visually impressive, transporting viewers to its carefully constructed world. Janis (Kourtney George) meets Dennis (Nathaniel Buzolic) after running out of fuel in the middle of the desert with no help for miles around. A gun quickly turns the meeting sour. Janis is running away, and Dennis is now compelled at gunpoint to help her. Every attempt of goodwill is rebuffed with rage and a gun pointing at him in uncomfortably close range.

Making Peace - Short Film Review - Indie Shorts Mag

Yet rage can only fuel itself for so long. Having spent hours in the same space with Dennis, Janis begins to let her guard down, opening up to his analogies and advice. Though a war veteran, and one with a blank slate background as far as the viewer is concerned, Dennis could easily be a priest. He appears unflappable, and unusually at peace with everything except for the regrets he carries about his family.

For Janis, with a crinkled photo of a little girl in her pocket, this becomes their common ground. The pauses in the linearity of the narrative tell her own story in bits and pieces. A bloodied doll, an abusive partner (Dante Basco), a missing daughter—the pieces point to a story Janis does not want to know, much less remember.

Making Peace - Short Film Review - Indie Shorts Mag

With these blocks in place and three police cars behind them, the narrative progresses towards a climax that could undo everything. Making Peace, as the title suggests, offers its characters the chance to come to terms with everything that has irreparably changed their lives. What happens if they do take it?

Watch Making Peace Short Film Trailer

Making Peace: Coming To Terms With Life
  • Direction
  • Cinematography
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Music
3.7
Tags: DramaDrama Short Film ReviewPrivateReviewShort Film Reviews
Previous Post

#ISFJ: Leaving And Loving In A Changing World

Next Post

Motel: The Comedy, The Horror And The Haunt Of Serial Killers

Indie Shorts Mag Team

Indie Shorts Mag Team

Related Posts

Viaticum - Short Film Review - Indie Shorts Mag
Reviews

Viaticum: A Comedy on the Things We Take (Down) With Us on the Way Out

5th October 2024
A Good Day Will Come - Short Film Review - Indie Shorts Mag
Reviews

A Good Day Will Come: Relentless Optimism in the Face of the Tyrannical State

2nd October 2024
Next Post
Motel - Web Series Review - Indie Shorts Mag

Motel: The Comedy, The Horror And The Haunt Of Serial Killers

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Sponsored

Advertise Here

Featured Post

Announcing Short Of The Year Awards 2023

Announcing Short Of The Year Awards 2023

Latest Podcast

  • Recent Reviews

About Indie Shorts Mag

Indie Shorts Mag is a publishing agency that works within the ‘short film circuit’. We review short films, documentaries, music videos and web series, amongst others. We stand out amongst the short film review sites for being multi-diverse & global in our platform and reach.
Our team works tirelessly to help promote, publicize and market your short films that deserve the shout-out! Besides reviews, we host film festival news as it’s a known fact that the film festival buzz is unmissable and we ensure you aren’t left behind!
We aspire to form a niche for ourselves as the ‘short film magazine’ that remains the hub for filmmakers & their audience.

Popular Topics

  • Announcements
  • Articles
  • Crowdfunding
  • Editorial
  • Film Festival News
  • Film Festivals
  • India Edition
  • Interviews
  • Marketing
  • Marketing
  • News
  • Online Premiere
  • Post-Production
  • Pre-Production
  • Reviews
  • Short Film
  • Short Film Competition
  • Short Film News
  • Tutorials
  • Web Series

Indie Shorts Mag on Instagram

Follow Us On Instagram

  • #ShortFilmReview: Viaticum: God probably understands, he’s an understanding sort.

Read our review. Link in bio.

#ShortFilm #Review #IndieFilmReview #FilmReview #SupportIndieFilm
  • #ShortFilmReview: A Good Day Will Come: Horrors are nurtured with silence.

Read our review. Link in bio.

#ShortFilm #Review #IndieFilmReview #FilmReview #SupportIndieFilm
  • #ShortFilmTrailer: Our Home Here: Paying The Cost Of Having A Dream. 

Read our review & watch the short, link in bio. 

#ShortFilm #ShortFilmReview #SupportindieFilm #Trailer #FilmTrailer  #shortfilms
  • #ShortFilmReview: Enough for you: Love and fear amidst the march of time.

Read our review. Link in bio.

#ShortFilm #Review #IndieFilmReview #FilmReview #SupportIndieFilm
  • #ShortFilmTrailer: Reparations: On Empathy And The Legitimacy Of Being. 

Read our review & watch the short, link in bio.

#ShortFilm #ShortFilmReview #SupportindieFilm #Trailer #FilmTrailer #ShortFilms
  • #ShortFilmTrailer: How I’ve Met God: A Coming Into Form. 

Read our review & watch the short, link in bio. 

#ShortFilm #ShortFilmReview #SupportindieFilm #Trailer #FilmTrailer #ShortFilms
  • #ShortFilmReview: Lemon: Nobody is getting away.

Read our review. Link in bio.

#ShortFilm #Review #IndieFilmReview #FilmReview #SupportIndieFilm
  • #ShortFilmReview: Kotsuage: Grains of rice and drops of blood change little children forever.

Read our review. Link in bio.

#ShortFilm #Review #IndieFilmReview #FilmReview #SupportIndieFilm
  • #ShortFilmTrailer: Grace: Examining A Loss Of Faith. 

Read our review & watch the short, link in bio.

#ShortFilm #ShortFilmReview #SupportindieFilm #Trailer #FilmTrailer #ShortFilms
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Article
  • Write for Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy

© 2015-2024 Indie Shorts Mag.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Interviews
  • News
    • Film Festival News
    • Short Film News
  • Reviews
    • Short Film
    • Documentary
    • Web Series
  • Hall of Fame
  • Short Film Festival – 2025
  • Tutorials
    • Pre-Production
    • Post-Production
  • Submit Short Film
    • Submit Short Film for Review
    • Submit Web Series for Review
    • Interview Submission Form

© 2015-2024 Indie Shorts Mag.