The Takeover: Two Wrongs, (Second Amendment) Rights, and a few Stages of Grief
Adrian Jules’ The Takeover pits one kind of villainy against another, and beneath this canopy devises a 13-minute psychological torture ...
Tag: Drama Short Film Review
Millie’s Care Free Day: Painstaking Quest for Things Better than Apathy and Exhaustion
Michael Licisyn’s 9-minute Millie’s Care Free Day is the film equivalent of a severed limb (no horror intended). Surely there ...
Mendo’s Carousel: Growing Past Old Patterns in Drama on the Complicated Nature of Grief
David Michael Maurer’s Mendo’s Carousel comes alive with the performance of Edi Gathegi as its deuteragonist in a frictious story ...
Dream Girl: A Thriller Packed With Drama & Lessons For Those Going Astray
Jeremy Max’s Dream Girl is sensational, tantalising and frightening, all at once. What could possibly go wrong with opting for ...
Distant Memories: Grief and Despair as Life Separates Itself from the Still Living
Chris Esper’s 10-minute Distant Memories is a drama of memories examining the experience of losing them, and through it, losing ...
The Last Ranger: Terrible Lessons and a Legacy of Steadfast Effort in Poaching Drama
Cindy Lee’s The Last Ranger, loosely adapted from a true story, follows a ranger’s efforts to protect existing life while ...
Bajo La Tierra: Love Lives on in the Soil and Air in 19th Century Tale of Toil and Loss
Pablo Guillen’s Bajo La Tierra is a 17-minute drama that successfully distils heartbreak onto the screen where others may have ...
Hatirlama: A Moving Tribute To A Stranger’s Kindness
That kind smile from a passerby, that encouraging nudge from a newly made friend, that gentle tap from your favourite ...
Empty Your Pockets: Compassion and Rule in Tense Airport Drama
Tara Aghdashloo’s 20-minute Empty Your Pockets is a bleak drama set within the bureaucratic maze of an airport. Set against ...
Lucy the Lion: Single Motherhood and the Proud Children that Come of It
Written by Natalin Avci and directed by Kalman Apple, the 14-minute Lucy the Lion starts out by setting the scene ...
