Bound: The Unsettling Power Of People Who Only Look Harmless
On the surface, Claire lives a thoroughly domestic life. Pictures of her family line the shelves. She plays solitaire in ...
Tag: Drama
Re-Entry: Returning to Andy Weir For Comfort
Re-Entry, based on the well-known Andy Weir short story, The Egg, has taken the story and turned it into a moving ...
Just Like Water: A Meditation On The Vagaries Of Life
Writer-director Manos Triantafillakis’s Just Like Water opens with a quote by Heraclitus on the nature of water and the soul: For souls, it ...
Ruwatan: The Inescapable Need For Resilience, And Love Which Makes It Bearable
The deceptively simple synopsis of Ruwatan belies its profound intensity. Written and directed by Ernest Lesmana, the Indonesian film guts you with ...
The Odd: A Wholly Invisible Struggle
Roberto Vivancos’s 2-minute drama, The Odd, offers a glimpse into an acutely personal experience of the sole and unnamed character, a ...
Within: Painfully Authentic Reflection Of Bereavement
Christopher Key’s 7-minute Within, for a drama, follows an unconventional narrative style. Instead of meticulously shot flashback scenes, there is camcorder ...
Goodbye and Goodnight: Talking Through Addiction And Self-Destruction
Elijah Noble El serves as writer, director, actor, DP, editor, and co-producer for his 15-minute drama, Goodbye and Goodnight. Centred on ...
Floppy Toast with Drippy Butter: The Unmatched Power of Human Connection
Paul Stainthorpe’s 16-minute drama Floppy Toast with Drippy Butter (co-written with Simon Jefferson), highlights bullying, abuse and suicide, its childlike title speaking to the young ...
A Father’s Job: Highlighting The Psychological Horror Of The Holocaust
The sheer number of holocaust films speaks directly to the magnitude of the atrocity. The purposes have varied, from expression ...
Cuello: A Slice Of Perilous Life
Sebastian Ortiz Wilkins’s Cuello, co-written with Moheb Jindran, witnesses a chain reaction that is set off with one man’s impulsive acts of empathy ...
