Small Showers: Shame and Guilt Fester in the Shadows of Grief
Alex Rosales’ Small Showers, a 17-minute drama on a couple’s fraught relationship in the wake of bereavement, is agonisingly naked. ...
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Boring Barry & His Imaginary Friend: Big Emptiness and Small Hopes in Depression Dramedy
But for the Twilight blue colour palette, Drew Bierut’s Boring Barry & His Imaginary Friend opens like a rom-com: optimistic ...
The Coven: Witchcraft, Campy Fun, and the Nicest Roommate Ever
Melissa Vitello’s The Coven, an 8-minute horror-comedy written by Adriana Natale, is queer, campy, and hilarious. The story of an ...
La noche dentro (The Night Inside): Nerve-Wracking Medical Thriller (Unbearable Horror of Guilt and Grief)
La noche dentro, Antonio Cuesta’s 24-minute thriller, is a feat of filmmaking. A sensorily taut narrative following the immediate aftermath ...
Harlem Fragments: Haunted Memory and Valiant Attempts to Save Love
Cameron Tyler Carr’s 18-minute sci-fi drama Harlem Fragments is not a trip down memory lane. It is an adventure spanning ...
La Petite Mort: Femalehood and the Lonely Anger in Consumption
Federica Avagliano’s 15-minute vampire horror La Petite Mort will inevitably remind you of Black Swan—and not only because they are ...
My Obsession with Death: Coming of Age by the Poolside
Alexis Evelyn’s My Obsession with Death is a 10-minute comedy that, along with its young adult protagonist, attempts to transcend ...
Dumpster Archaeology: The Art of Rediscovering in Jazzy Docu on Dumpster Diving
Dustie Carter’s documentary on Lew Blink, Dumpster Archaeology captures its subject’s lighthearted whimsy through its comedic, stylised design—leaving the job ...
Zerno (The Seed): A Walkabout Through Genres and Eras
Ksenia Bugrimova’s 23-minute Zerno chronicles a woman’s experiment to find lasting love within an alternate universe that came into the ...
Paracosm: Visions of Ecstasy Blend into Bloody Deceit
Adam Van Dyke’s Paracosm, a ten-minute chamber horror, is nothing if not compact. The plot, of course, but especially its ...
