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Strange Commander

It’s hard to say whether Rowan McCarthy wanted to give us an existential drama or a dystopian sci-fi exercise. Nevertheless, no matter how each viewer understands his project, ' Strange Commander ' is a short film that

Apple Cinema

Written and directed by Conor Holway, ' Apple Cinema ' sees a group of survivors holed up in a cinema theatre as a zombie apocalypse rages outside. With most of the world covered in a thick toxic cloud due to an asteroid

The White Rose

Girl Next

Directed by Larry Wade Carrell, who previously directed the horror-thriller Jacob, ' Girl Next ' is a 2021 horror thriller starring Marcus Jean Pirae, Paula Marcenaro Solinger and Carrell himself. Lacey Cofran plays Lori

Sing (to me)

Literature and cinema have shown us countless times that music is a blessing, a way to escape from an ugly world or a means of healing. Well, Andrew Acedo breaks this cliché, portraying in his short film a character for

Sky So Blue

There have been many, many documentaries about the 9/11 attacks and their impact on ordinary American citizens. However, few of these works manage to make any impact at all, instead choosing to focus on the death and des

Incident at School

Certain directors create extraordinary cinematic experiences precisely by the fact that they manage to temper the “spectacular” impetus making them exaggerate with an ostentatious cinematic formula. The apparent simp

Will You Bury Me

' Will You Bury Me ' is an excellent example of a short film that, although it doesn’t approach a popular subject from an innovative perspective, surprises with its naturalness and sincerity. Likewise, although Noor El

ALEXANNE

What would an intimate drama written by Asimov or Philip K. Dick, in collaboration with Ian McEwan, look like? We know that such a combination may sound quite bizarre, but director Kilian Thomas manages to find in his sh

Deus Ex Machina

In world cinema, there are many excellent films based on a character's life suffering from strange diseases or syndromes. Of course, the choice of a theme per se doesn’t certify the quality of a project, but the intuit

The Vow

We all know the sad story of Madame Butterfly and her tragic love affair. Well, Charles Sweeney invites us to a sort of alternative ending of the famous opera. However, his short film, ' The Vow ', doesn’t take place i

A Swedish Defence

We know it’s hard to believe, but there are some movies where the theme of war can be funny. Obviously, we don’t mean that ' A Swedish Defence ' is a comedy, but Simon Elvås manages to find the right dosage to creat

Mind in Sight

Few short films manage with minimal narrative and image resources to express pure anxiety, as is the case with ' Mind in Sight '. And yet, the short film signed by Florian Purkarthofer is neither a thriller nor a horror.

DICTATION

There are many ways in which the short film ‘ DICTATION ’ can be defined, but perhaps the most appropriate label would be that of political metaphor. Far from adopting a conventional formula, Moein Hasheminasab creat

Renton

Music is not just a state of mind. The music that really strikes you is, in fact, a message that transcends personal tastes or prejudices. The music video ' Renton ', signed by directors Ximena Garrigues and Sergio Moya,

Range of eMotion

Directed by Krishna Mankasingh and Darryl Palapuz, ' Range of eMotion ' is a feature-length documentary about how schizophrenia affects and takes a toll on ordinary people and how these people rely on friends and family

Stuck in the Sand

' Stuck In The Sand ' is the kind of short film whose action you have seen somewhere before, but the way it is built gives you the same intensity that you felt at first. Kendall Christianson proves, in fact, through this

Skilleveien

When we hear about movies that address the theme of religious cults, we certainly expect a drama-thriller that explores some of the purest manifestations of evil. However, ‘ Skilleveien ’ takes distance from this for

Horizon

One of the most interesting aspects of any quality dystopia is not necessarily the magnitude of the political, ecological, or religious catastrophes defining the fictional universe but the way in which the characters acc

Jupiter & Europa

Some projects are so special that they don’t need dialogue to convey emotion. Or even a complex action. The short animation ' Jupiter & Europa ' strikes you through these aspects, through this apparent minimalism of the