4 Stars

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 into the compromises of human relationships in […]

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 […]

Family relationships are such a broad topic that it is one of the constant concerns of many directors. Joseph Betros, too, is concerned with the nuances defining the emotional relationships between parents and children, and his short film, ‘Duke‘, […]

Life in a new school is not easy. On the contrary, new colleagues can hide many dangerous intentions. However, ‘Soy No Soy‘ is not a typical short film about bullying or anything like that, but rather a teen-mystery about […]

Fiction is not necessarily a big lie, but life can be a big fiction. ‘Define Delphine‘ is a short film exploring the consistency of these two dimensions that govern the life of an aspiring writer, in an obscure universe […]

The most successful horror films are those that play with the spectators’ expectations and not those that aim at terrifying their viewers just through jump-scares. Corey Emanuel Jr. is fully aware of this aspect, and his short film, ‘Lies […]

Everyone is looking for inspiration. Especially artists. But what happens when this inspiration becomes such an insistent voice in your head that it drives you crazy? ‘The Writer‘ is an excellent short film exploring the unseen nuances of this […]

It’s difficult to say what’s harder to accept: the fact that the American Dream disappeared once with the era evoked in Fitzgerald’s novels or that the American Dream still exists, but it is it, in fact, a pact with […]

Which is more dramatic: a tragedy in itself or the painful revelation behind this tragedy? Director Blake Ridder may not be able to give a definitive answer to this question, but he does manage to create in ‘The English […]

A house in the middle of the forest. An unfriendly landscape. A lonely girl. All the classic ingredients of a horror. However, “Home” is not a cliché horror short film, despite its premises and the supernatural-gore elements that break […]