by John Wildman | Sep 1, 2017 | Shorts and to The Point, Uncategorized
Maja Aro’s HOODS is about as complete an execution of a clever idea for a short that could be used as a launching point for a series or a feature as you can get. A revenge story, where a granddaughter goes after the man that killed her grandmother is steeped in...
by John Wildman | Aug 30, 2017 | Shorts and to The Point
Lee Trull’s THE SERVICE ELEVATOR delivers the known laughs on the simplest of comic premises. Two people get on an elevator – one – quiet, reserved, listening to her self help recording and maybe sneaking a quick drink when no one is watching, and...
by John Wildman | Aug 26, 2017 | Shorts and to The Point
Siena Pinney just won the women Texas Film Festival’s “Filmmaker to Watch” award for her work writing and directing the short film, POSSIBILITY. The film is a beautifully conceived, shot, and rendered look at two young people making the decision for her to have an...
by John Wildman | Jul 8, 2017 | Shorts and to The Point, Uncategorized
After a successful film festival tour which included winning Best Short at the Milledgeville Film Festival, Pascal Leister’s LONE HUNTER is not only available on Vimeo, but it enjoyed a reign as the Daily Short “pick” just a week or so ago. And there is good reason...
by Kate Morgan | Jul 8, 2017 | Shorts and to The Point
“The leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them.” Konstantina Kotzamani’s films have a reputation for relying on the symbolic order for their sense of visual narrative. This is no secret. LIMBO,...
by John Wildman | Mar 10, 2017 | Shorts and to The Point
Jessica Curtright and Santiago C. Tapia’s short film IT BEGAN WITHOUT WARNING drops you into immediately into a bad situation. A woman lies on the floor in a bedroom, bloody and near death, a man steps out around her, also bloodied, carrying a some kind of weapon,...
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