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 – 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 – One Year Lease Bethany White June 8, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/111681045 "Chat lunatique": this fridge-magnet epithet encapsulates the irksome antagonist of this amusing short. Told almost exclusively through voicemails, One Year Lease tracks...
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 – Lovers Lookout David Brake May 25, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/106521626 Lovers Lookout is not surprising, nor suspenseful and far from thrilling. This short is a simple and obvious tale. Deftly handled, it looks at the torture one can inflict...
Short of the Week – An Object At Rest David Brake May 11, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/126177413 Riffing on Newton's first law of motion, An Object At Rest is a charmer. Rather than following the trope of a static figure desperate for freedom, this short heads the...
Short of the Week – The Black Hole Rachel Brook May 4, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/15759511 The anonymous office setting of The Black Hole, along with the all-to-recognisable experiences of tedium and frustration, anticipates the equally surreal world of Richard...
Short Of The Week – The Alchemist’s Letter Bertie Archer April 27, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/125527643 The Alchemist’s Letter is a beautiful, inventive animation, filled with detail. Ever evolving into new scenes, each adding another layer of artistry, this is the...
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 – 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 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 – 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...
