Short of the Week – A Band of Thieves Rhys Handley January 8, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/246729336 One of the key pillars of postmodernist thinking is that there is no longer such thing as an original idea. We have too much culture and too much art, now it...
Short of the Week – He Could’ve Gone Pro Louise Burrell December 18, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/245059039 He Could've Gone Pro may be set at Christmastime, but don’t go in expecting a big dose of festive cheer. This is a sad, touching, and thought-provoking short film that...
Short of the Week – Happiness Carmen Paddock December 4, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/244405542#at=2 Hot on the heels of Black Friday, a film which takes a direct stab at the consumer ‘holiday’ and the culture which it personifies might be a bit on the nose, but...
Short of the Week – Learn: 1st World Problems Ellen Dwyer November 13, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/238954750 Learn:1st World Problems is a satire exploring the narcissistic world of the creative industries, in this case fashion, uncovering not only the duplicitous traits needed to...
Short of the Week – Fish Louise Burrell November 6, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/240040166 Sitting somewhere between a fictional drama and a documentary, Fish tells the story of a mother-of-three struggling to retain a relationship with the...
Short of the Week – Fox and the Whale David Brake October 23, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/237551523 Nowadays, pretty visuals, compensating for a lack of substance, can go a long way for some shorts. One suspects there's a hope that the short running time and a few...
Short of the Week – 3000 Miles Phil W. Bayles October 9, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/235664764 Leaving home in the 21st century is a strange paradox. Even when we are alone, our access to technology means we are forever tied to our loved ones. Even when we are apart,...
Short of the Week – Quand J’ai Remplacé Camille David Brake September 25, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/224657759 At One Room With A View, nothing excites us more than new talent. The thrilling prospect of discovering fresh, stimulating voices as they enter the world of film for the...
Short of the Week – Trespass Louise Burrell September 18, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/231710597 There have been plenty of films over the years that prove, time and again, that nothing good ever comes from a walk in the woods (at least not in the film...
Short of the Week – The Heist Carmen Paddock September 11, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/230559377 Summer 2017 has seen two excellent heist films – Baby Driver and Logan Lucky – in cinemas, so it seems appropriate to celebrate a four-minute spoof of the genre. The...
Short of the Week – The Last Time Calum Baker September 4, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week We’ve all been there: standing around, minding your own business, something completely innocuous happens nearby and you’re thrown down the mental rabbit-hole. In Christine Hooper’s colourful...
Short of the Week – Compatibility Phil W. Bayles August 28, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/231105192 Brooker’s Law states that any time an artist makes a statement about technology’s impact on our lives, someone will inevitably make a comparison to Black Mirror. It’s a...
Short of the Week – MANOMAN Sinead McCausland August 21, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/173524321 MANOMAN is a short film that viewers should watch more than once in order to grasp its smart, cinematic spectacle. Due to the film's surrealist humour, the viewer can easily...
Short of the Week – Hard Coffee Louise Burrell August 14, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/227495263 Shot on one cartridge of 8mm film, with only in-camera edits allowed and no post-production, Hard Coffee is three and a half minutes of highly-caffeinated energy. Filmed as part...
Short of the Week – In A Heartbeat James Andrews August 7, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REkk9SCRn0 Among the three-hour, exposition-heavy blockbusters it can be easy to forget how much can be done with just a few minutes and no dialogue at all. In a...
