Short of the Week – Domestic Policy Phil W. Bayles October 17, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/177713990 In just a few short weeks, America could elect its first ever female president. This should be a cause for celebration; a golden time in politics and a long-overdue victory...
Short of the Week – Thunder Road David Brake October 10, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/174957219 If you're going to do a short film based around the title of one of Bruce Springsteen’s best and most popular songs, you’d better do a good job. Luckily for Jim Cummings,...
Short of the Week – Bär Danielle Davenport October 3, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/174254407 Innovation in short films does not necessarily need to be characterised by alternative camera angles, outlandish CGI effects or narrative twists. Little things...
Short of the Week – Planet Unknown Joni Blyth September 26, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/183577091 Not enough sci-fi movies have adorable robots these days. Sure, Baymax and BB-8 are fab enough that we can forgive Ridley Scott for not giving Matt Damon a robo-buddy in The...
Short of the Week – The Voorman Problem Tom Bond September 19, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tacQ9-AtQRc&feature=youtu.be What if God was one of us? Just a bearded Tom Hollander living in a prison like one of us? This is the intriguing and preposterous concept on...
Short of the Week – Night Falls on Loserville David Brake September 12, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/136501465 In one of his frequent Facebook Q&As, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was asked for his advice on how to make it as a director. His one-line answer? "Make...
Short of the Week – The Present Phil W. Bayles September 5, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/jacobfrey/thepresent Based on a short comic strip by Fabio Coala called Perfection, Jacob Frey's animated short The Present plucks at the heartstrings in almost Pixar-esque fashion....
Short of the Week – Talking Cure Stephanie Watts August 29, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/167111872 Talking Cure is a short film that uses animated sketches to illustrate improvised dialogue from comedy improv group Starla and Sons. In a four-minute mishmash of quick-fire...
Short of the Week – Day 39 Tori Brazier August 22, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/125937761 Day 39 is a snapshot of modern-day warfare, focusing on one rookie US soldier on foot patrol with his platoon in a remote part of Afghanistan. It expertly captures the...
Short of the Week – Every Day My Dad Dies Danielle Davenport August 15, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/177559327 Everyday My Dad Dies tells a disorienting tale of love and loss. The trance-like short muddies direction; events seem linear, retrospective or even...
Short of the Week – My Sister’s Dollhouse Henry Gatrell August 8, 2016 Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/177375994 My Sister's Dollhouse is described in its tagline as "a parody of sorts." This perfectly captures the film's dry humour and lack of unneeded flash; there is...
Short of the Week – The Shining Star Of Losers Everywhere Tom Bond August 1, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/176459945 Things weren’t looking good in Japan. The year was 2003 and the nation was near the end of a period known as The Lost Decade. A stagnant economy and record unemployment were...
Short of the Week – Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded: Abbas Kiarostami Patrick Nabarro July 25, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19LQx_wbGTw One of the world’s great filmmakers, Abbas Kiarostami, died earlier this month. Among several superb directors in the Iranian new wave, Kiarostami shone...
Short of the Week – Onward Henry Gatrell July 18, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/155624292 Onward is an incredibly beautiful and intimate short documentary about a man named Konki and his family who live in the Altai Mountains of Western Mongolia....
Short of the Week – Edmond Henry Gatrell July 11, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/172911816 Edmond won the BAFTA Short Animation Award in 2016, which is both surprising and completely not. The film is at once brilliant and incredibly obscure. That...
