Hypodermic: The Literal and Metaphorical United Under the Skin
Aaron Van Maanen’s Hypodermic takes grief down to a physical level. A character who literally carries it within his body ...
Tag: Drama Short Film Review
Balloon: Conventions of Violence and Their By-Products
Through the superhero myth, Jeremy Merrifield’s Balloon, co-written with Dave Testa, explores the destructive forces that come into being in ...
What we say, What we mean: Meanings, Perspectives, and Interpretations
Abigail Parmenter’s What we say, What we mean plays with reality to present alternative realities of a couple who are ...
Finale: An Answer to Languishing in a Pandemic
Anthony Vander’s Finale is a bid to portray COVID-19, not as stats and facts, but as the suspended limbo of ...
Paintless: The Second Coming and a Young Artist’s Doom
Konstantin Pivovar’s 23-minute Paintless explores the world of Christians after the Second Coming. For one artist, it is a bleak ...
New Shoes: Childhood Abuse and Unconditional Love
Thommy Kane’s New Shoes sees the bleak world that a young boy occupies, with his mother at the centre of ...
Fall on Me: Personal Growth and the Place of Romantic Love in it
Isaac F. Davis’ Fall on Me explores the relationship between two young people who want to be together but their ...
Wannabe: Needs of a Survivor and a Wannabe Cannot Overlap
Josie Andrews’ 14-minute Wannabe opens up the world of survivors who chose their career. The film makes its protagonist completely ...
The Soldier’s Post: Yearning, Fear and Destruction in the Time of War
Joseph and Jack Archer’s The Soldier’s Post, their third short, examines how three different men react to the prospect of ...
The Rise of Whore Betsy: A Plot Towards Revenge in the Wild West
Simon King’s The Rise of Whore Betsy is a Western-style tale of a woman left for dead and the little ...
