Short of the Week: Shells David Brake November 30, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSy3HLbFrU&app=desktop From a minuscule budget, this evocative and smartly done war short has been born. Powered by the energy coursing through the veins of its...
Short of the Week: Emily Eddie Falvey November 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVw6Bw0HFY While Eddie Redmayne stole The Theory of Everything's limelight for his exquisite performance as Stephen Hawking, it is well worth remembering that Felicity...
Short of the Week: Escargore Bethany White November 9, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/mdsnz/escargore Beheaded. Flambéed to death. Exposed to lethal amounts of radiation. These are just a few of the macabre fates of the stars in this short. But if you’ve overdone...
Short of the Week – 97% David Brake November 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/143233550 Finding love in the modern digital age? We've been here before. Eight minutes of dialogue-free drama? Well, we've seen that before too. Yet similarity does not equate to...
Short of the Week – Tombes & Manèges David Brake October 5, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/135249977 Now this is an impressive student debut. Created by a crack team of brilliant animators and storytellers, Tombes & Manèges is a likeable short. Going on the charm...
Short of the Week – But Milk Is Important Ellen Dwyer September 28, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/50600924 It’s nice to see a film tackling mental illness without over-sentimentality; But Milk is Important offers a reminder of how the most mundane tasks, like talking...
Short of the Week – Agoraphobic Stephen O'Nion September 21, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAsiyqgehL8 Mondays, right? Garfield knows what I’m talking about. A timid fella takes transport, bustled along in the crowds he seeks to avoid. Unable to escape, he...
Short of the Week – How to Age Gracefully Danielle Davenport September 14, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/137249858 "Indulge your sweet tooth. You’ll need dentures soon anyway". In How to Age Gracefully, skilful artifice and spontaneity collide to create something...
Short of the Week – ZARI David Brake September 7, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/98398778 ZARI is a film confident in its narrative. A flaw? Perhaps, yet an impressive statement of intent. Slow to borderline boring, this short never rushes. Yet to criticise...
Short of the Week – Rew Day Bethany White August 31, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/129677228 Rew Day has a striking aesthetic, but it’s the storytelling that makes this macabre short captivating. Director Svilen Dimitrov tells the story of a very unlucky chap...
Short of the Week – You Won’t Regret That Tattoo Madeline Joint August 24, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/89546048 You Won’t Regret That Tattoo is a talking-head documentary about tattooed over-50s: men and women, military lads and spiritualists, diehard troublemakers and adorable...
Short of the Week – Miguel – Crazy Enough David Brake August 17, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/136247836 Miguel. Young, naive and hopeful. A fresh faced, sunglasses-toting 22-year-old with a dream. Three albums later, he's a star. GL Askew II's beautiful photography...
Short of the Week – Tusk Danielle Davenport August 10, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/134560750 Tusk is a promising short film completed by Rory Waudby-Tolley during his first year at the Royal College of Art. The film’s central question is about outsider identity,...
Short of the Week – Dotty David Brake August 3, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/128544536 At 91, Joyce Irving is a star in her debut short. Fragile, funny and sagacious, Irving shines. Placed within an obvious narrative, the actress has...
Short of the Week – Ronald David Brake July 27, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/132688253 More men have walked on the moon than been Ronald McDonald. Ronald is the story of the 1995 to 2007 inhabitant, Joe Maggard. Director John Dower has...
