Kristina: Historicizing a Becoming in Two Short Minutes
A portrait of Kristina O'Hara McCafferty, Kristina is a concise 2-minute documentary by Mac Premo that delivers a sense of ...
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Waking Up: Mystery That Disorients Its Audience as Much as Its Protagonist
Matt Gorman’s 10-minute mystery with a dusting of sci-fi Waking Up follows a woman’s quest to discover what happens to ...
The Coronating: Stunning Imagery and Excellent Performances in Fantasy Driven by Crisis of Faith
Justin Solaiman and Hudson King’s The Coronating is a gorgeously visualised 22-minute fantasy drama examining the conflict of a knight ...
Monét: Impermeable Friendships and Their Fatal Interruptions
Grief and death intermingle into a bitter mix in Kyung Sok Kim’s Monét, a 22-minute film about two best friends, ...
Cutting Loose: Laughably Bad Lies and Terribly Bad Friends
Sean Nam’s Cutting Loose features the ending of a bad friendship and the consternation it entails. The latter is such ...
Tears at the Edge of the World: Infidelity and the Places Guilt Takes Its Prisoners
Kevin Seo’s 10-minute Tears at the Edge of the World poeticises the distracted boyfriend meme into a drama of lust, ...
Flight into Darkness: Declarations of and Assertions Against Insanity
Alexander Ratter’s Flight into Darkness, a loose adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s book of the same name, retains the sibling relationship ...
The Dealer: Micro Comedy on a Micro Budget
James Peacock’s The Dealer, a 5-minute comedy written by Sam Liddell, has its protagonist shuttling between its two other characters ...
Polaris: Young Love and Its Happy, Messy, Fleeting Glories
Eleni Doucas’ 17-minute young-adult romance, Polaris follows Lucy and Aidan, young residents at a mental health facility, who develop a ...
ID EST: (Sci-fi) Action for Its Own Sake
Shayda Frost’s ID EST, a 12-minute sci-fi, is weak on the writing but boasts the aesthetic of a high-budget slick, ...
