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The Greatest Horror Film Ever Made
It’s hard (if not impossible sometimes) to find the perfect formula for a movie. Especially since the genre you want to approach is so popular that it seems to have exhausted all the resources of originality. This is,
Film reviewI Was Nobody
Nothing is what it seems. Ok, we know that, but ' I Was Nobody ' is a short film that defies not only the appearances of a drama built on a strong psychological conflict, but also the conventions of a precise cinematic g
Film reviewEXIT
A girl waking up captive in a basement. Unknown voices echoing in her head, beyond the temporary amnesia she faces. The whole atmosphere is filled with the imminence of a disaster. The premises are very similar to a rath
Film reviewGood Counsel
Dysfunctional relationships are such a popular topic that it is difficult for any director to create an extremely original project on this subject. Thus, ' Good Counsel ' is not a short film that necessarily impresses wi
Film reviewSE SO NEON: NEW YOUTH
Se So Neon’s music video, ' New Youth ', is like a praise to the joy of living. Although Junseok Eom adopts here the principles of a narrative video, the project is based on a structure with a strong symbolic content,
Film reviewVeneer
Dominic Willis has been pretty lucky during the COVID-19 pandemic. He still has his lovely suburban home, a nice sports car, and a hefty truck. He didn’t lose his job like millions of other Americans, and he only had to
Film reviewIn One's Right Mind
Of all literary and cinematic genres, dystopia continues to be among the most popular and appreciated ones. However, the quality of a short film like ' In One’s Right Mind ' lies not only in the fact that it respects the
Film reviewAddiction
' Addiction ' is not necessarily the story of an addiction, but rather the story of an act of devotion. Maybe that’s exactly what makes Lewis William Robinson’s short film a special project, since it avoids the recent co
Film reviewProject Bau
Animals have always had a special status in cinema, often being portrayed as soulmates or as guardian angels of people facing an existential crisis. The short film ' Project Bau ' is no exception to this rule, but the st
Film review10 Photographs
One of the great paradoxes of the modern age concerns the way in which the human relates to the body; more precisely, the body is despiritualized by the gaze of the contemporary individual, becoming flesh, so that, later
Film reviewScarlett
Light and darkness, calm and shrill, friendship and hate, glamor and blood. There are a lot of contrasts in ' Scarlett ', one of the most vibrant and unpredictable short films we have had in our festival, in which Tahrao
Film reviewQ: Ghostly Remote Effect
We already know that a good sci-fi is, in fact, a metaphor that explores through different conventions the same old obsessions of humanity. Well, ' Q: Ghostly Remote Effect ' is a wonderful example that discusses from an
Film reviewThe Colour of Spring
' The Colour of Spring ' tells the poignant story of Sarah and Sam - a couple whose relationship is being tested by the growing rift between their respective career choices. Sarah is doing well as an actress and is gaini
Film reviewMonomania
What a gothic-baroque visual delight ' Monomania ' is! Of course, the quality of the short film signed by L.A. Reilly concerns not only the cinematography’s dark lushness, but also the photographic vision or the chromati
Film reviewCrosshair: A Tipping Point
Life is worth living... at the cost of your life! As paradoxical as it sounds, this is the very message of the short film 'Crosshair: A Tipping Point'. Amit Patel builds a thriller-like project that is, in fact, based on
Film reviewThe Same Story
The beauty of a story doesn’t always consist in its apparent originality, but in its emotional consistency that pushes the narrative towards the intimate or the neuralgic areas of the human soul. The short film ' The S
Film reviewDEAD OR DIE
Sometimes friendships can kill... ' DEAD OR DIE ' is an extremely well-executed short film that starts from a somewhat atypical friendship between two hitmen. Director Pine Minegishi uses these two characters to dive int
Film reviewFrom Charlie, With Love
Charlie Chaplin is indisputably one of the most important figures in world cinema whose influence is felt even today, in many recent productions. The short film From Charlie, with Love is signed by Andres Ramirez who, st
Film reviewOut with the Old
Good animations are always like a breath of fresh air. All the more so when they depict some small fragments of everyday kindness, as ' Out with the Old ' does. This short stop motion animation signed by George Summers s
Film reviewRum Go!
Be careful what you wish for... yes, we already know that, and cinema has given us a lot of examples that illustrate people’s avidity when miracles are ready to hand. And yet, ' Rum Go! ' is not a short film that relies