Short of the Week – Russian Roulette Nick Evan-Cook January 11, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/90733535 Password: russian At ORWAV we’re no strangers to the bizarre but brilliant works of rising short film director Ben Aston, and Sundance London winner Russian Roulette –...
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Sahar Bethany White July 6, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/alexanderfarah/sahar What happened to Sahar? Alexander Farah’s short lets the answer hang in gloomy ambiguity. Seething with family tensions, gender politics and the clash of...
Short Of The Week – Bringing Back the Light Danielle Davenport June 29, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/131506757 With subtlety, simplicity and restraint, Bringing Back the Light eschews patent ‘nature porn’ in favour of gentle storytelling. This didactic...
Short Of The Week – Denali Bertie Archer June 22, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/122375452 However you reacted to Marley & Me, prepare to be hit by a crashing wave of emotion. Denali is a tribute, a love letter, a farewell between two best friends; they have...
Short of the Week – Fashionable Animal Madeline Joint June 1, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week It’s gorgeous; its gently flickering lights, exotic creatures and muted pinks, blues and greens move with the playful soundtrack. As a glorified advert it’s a wonderful little film: experimental,...
Short of the Week – Second Thoughts David Brake April 20, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/125153680 High Priest Nebula (Scovel) is re-considering the idea of transcending to meet up with Lord Ophelion. Fair enough. Problem is he's the cult leader who claimed Ophelion...
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 – 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...
