Short of the Week – Funnel Nick Evan-Cook April 6, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://youtu.be/s1CIGKiz8xo L.A. comedy scene up-and-comer Andre Hyland's Sundance selected short Funnel succeeds precisely because of its obvious limitations rather than in spite of...
Short of the Week – This Is When We Met David Brake March 30, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/116525391 From the roaring flame of a burgeoning romance to the extinguished remnants of love’s conclusion. This Is When We Met compresses the pain and elation of a relationship's...
Short of the Week: Me & You Ellen Dwyer March 23, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/120893601 Me & You uses the not entirely original gimmick of a single vantage point and has a somewhat predictable storyline which sticks firmly within gender stereotypes. But...
Short of the Week – The Nest Eddie Falvey March 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFh5LbTPI4 Produced to accompany his recent novel Consumed, Cronenberg’s The Nest stands alone as an effective miniature thesis on destructive obsession. It observes the...
Short of the Week – The Pavement David Brake March 9, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/120340284 To the beat of a metronome, Taylor Engel's The Pavement unravels. Revelling in its noir roots, the short excels thanks to a narrative that plays to the strength of the...
Short of the Week – The Window Bertie Archer March 8, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBIK3Oau4mY The toss of a coin, a locked door, (un)lucky timing: in 16 short minutes The Window plays out the consequences, intended and unforeseen, as seemingly...
Short of the Week – Apricot Nick Evan-Cook March 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/groups/4748/videos/8076064 First loves and the fragility of memory are the predominant themes of Ben Briand's 2009 Vimeo treasure; they are shown resplendently and wordlessly through...
Short of the Week – Le Gouffre Cameron Ward February 23, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/118471437 Having graduated just 3 years prior to their formation, small Canadian animation group Lightning Boy Studio has been working independently for 2 full years to create their...
Short of the Week – If I Die On Mars David Brake February 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/119124588 "If I die on Mars, it would be great". For a tale of astronomical distance, in an almost science fiction reality, If I Die on Mars has an altogether more human, warming...
Short of the Week – POLIS David Brake February 9, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week http://vimeo.com/117933260 A teaser of the highest quality, POLIS instantly intrigues with its narrative, effects and concept impressing simultaneously. Blasting into the collective consciousness...
Short of the Week – Eye Of The Storm David Brake February 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week 1 Comment http://vimeo.com/19659763 Can a music video be counted as art? In the case of Eye of the Storm, silence, serenity and solitude adjoin to testify to the positive. With no dialogue, one singular human...
Short of the Week – My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117 Conor Morgan January 26, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week http://vimeo.com/17438937 The warped mind of black comedy genius Chris Morris won a BAFTA for My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117, a title that refers to the most recent in a long list of wrongdoings committed...
Short of the Week – He Took His Skin Off For Me Cameron Ward January 19, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week 1 Comment https://vimeo.com/116498390 If you love something, flay it free. Based on the short story by fellow graduate Maria Hummer, Ben Aston’s visually stunning graduation film, He Took His Skin Off For Me,...
Short of the Week – Every Runner has a Reason David Brake January 13, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week 1 Comment Ronnie Goodman is a fit, athletic, marathon-running, 53-year-old homeless man; the incongruence of this sentence provides Every Runner Has A Reason its fascinating hook. Despite a bijou running time,...
Short of the Week – Lost Cubert David Brake January 5, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week The arrival of a new year gives individuals a chance to re-evaluate their place in life, in a bid to tackle the common felt modern malaise. In Lost Cubert the protagonist is the exaggerated embodiment...
