Up and Down: The Unravelling of a Routine and the Self it Protects
Luke Masella’s 9-minute Up and Down is an astute character study of its protagonist, a man who might as well ...
Tag: Drama Short Film Review
The Mask in Our Hands: Showcasing Everything (that will Attract Viewers)
Joseph Sacks’ The Mask in Our Hands is a dystopian sci-fi that derives its aesthetics from Blade Runner but is ...
My Name is Moe: Utterances around (and Sometimes by) Fat Bodies
Kabir McNeely’s 14-minute My Name is Moe is a personal exploration of a teenage boy’s relationship with himself and with ...
Òran na h-Eala: A Biopic that Does More
Steve Exeter’s Òran na h-Eala (translating to Song of the Swan) portrays Moira Shearer’s experiences as she teeters on the ...
The Stupid Boy: Stupidities in Love and Hate Make the World Turn
Phil Dunn’s The Stupid Boy brings together a boy who is reluctant to accept that others can be malicious, and ...
Eureka: The Dragon Comes of Age through Violence
Miida Chu’s Eureka is an intimate journey into the experiences of a young girl straining to rupture the walls that ...
Gutted: A Performance of Masculinity and the Price of it
Jacob Isaiah Kelly’s Gutted examines what it means to be a good man, a good boyfriend and an ideal supporter ...
The Other Woman: Questions of Morality Around Lust, and Questioning Domesticity
Cameron Lee Horace’s The Other Woman chronicles the life of a septuagenarian woman in a nursing home in 2004, her ...
The Pearl: Greed, Necessity, and Disasters Before and After
Terji Mohr’s The Pearl is a Faroese film that swiftly unfolds the effects of greed clashing with poverty, with the ...
Through the Stars: Leaving Homes that are Not
Ariel Danziger’s sci-fi Through the Stars, written by Ryan Marth, is a teenager’s act of self-preservation in the face of ...
