Later Gator: Pulling a Dead Friendship Out by the Roots
Kevin Quinn’s Later Gator is a comedy-drama that knows how to balance tension with humour, stemming from the same source: ...
Tag: Drama Short Film Review
The Other: A Powerful Work on the Conditions of Historical Womanhood
Maria D. Rapicavoli ends her 20-minute The Other on a note of exhaustion: “The story keeps on getting written.” The ...
LIFE Happens: Taking Account at the End of It All
James Dubbeldam’s LIFE Happens chronicles four key moments in a man’s life as a sum of its worth. Eight minutes long, the ...
Care & Repair: A Burdensome Brother and a Job Gone Wrong in Tense Dramedy
Michael Cooke’s Care & Repair is a comedy-drama that entertains from the first shot to the last. The adventures of three young ...
Ghost Town: A Friendly Road Trip Into Supernatural Territory
Molly Muse’s Ghost Town, in which she appears with her co-writer Britt Harris, is a 15-minute horror-comedy with a smattering of ...
Yard Kings: Make-Believe Dreams and Their Makeshift Realisation
Vasco Alexandre’s Yard Kings weaves a tale of fantasy through the barbs of an impoverished, abuse-laden life that its 9-year-old protagonist navigates ...
Catharsis: A #metoo Era Tale of Liberation from Old Wounds
Kayla Fyfe’s Catharsis is a familiar account by now. The 11-minute film tells the story of a young woman faced ...
Little Cuts: Friendship Sours into Wounded Rage
Maia Henkin’s Little Cuts is a harrowing psychological horror about hierarchy and abuse in female friendships. The 16-minute film follows ...
Everyone Writes Memoir: Exploring Truth and Certainty Through a Dying Relationship
Alexander Campbell and Mark Solter’s Everyone Writes Memoir is a 37-minute examination of a relationship on its final legs. Beginning ...
Mayfly: Damming Charisma to Look at the Wreck Behind
Keith Andreen’s Mayfly lays bare the fallibility of glorious figures while graphing the ravaging work of grief. Twenty-seven minutes long, ...
