Short Film – Film Carnage

Review: The Third Solar Term

20/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged LGBTQIA+, Queer East Film Festival, Short FilmLeave a comment

Written and directed by Zhanfei Song, shortly after The Third Solar Term of the Chinese Calendar (the Awakening of Insects), Qizhe returns home to spend his spring break with his mother. After meeting a man who he originally met online, he begins to lose control of his double life – one which is living true to himself, and the other, which is pretending to be the perfect son. Starring: Fengyi Xing, Zhu Zhu, Le Duo and Renzhuo Bai.

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Review: Harold & Mary

19/05/202219/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged Dermot Crowley, drama, mental health, Phyllis Logan, Short FilmLeave a comment

Written and directed by Stephen Gallacher, Harold and Mary are in their fiftieth year of marriage, unfortunately the cracks in their relationship start to show as a disease takes hold of Harold and tests the very foundations of their love. Starring: Phyllis Logan, Dermot Crowley, Maddie Rice, Simon Manyonda, Gracy Goldman and Jordan Dawes.

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Review: T.H.O.T?

15/05/202217/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged drama, Romance, Short Film1 Comment

Written and directed by Jayson Johnson, co-written by Sara Anders, a confident ladies’ man reconsiders going on a date after hearing gossip at the local barbershop. Starring: Phoenyx Rose, Adrian Marcel, Arion Johnson, Don P., Charles M. Baggett, Quania Jones, Victoria Thompson and Tyrone Langford.

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Review: Mara: The Seal Wife

13/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged drama, FirstGlance Film Festival, Romance, Short FilmLeave a comment

Written and directed by Uisdean Murray, after giving birth to their child on a beach during the dead of night Sine runs into the darkness leaving her husband Magnus in a state of anguish. Starring: Kevin Kelly, Sarah Pritchard, Cailean Collier and Daibhidh Walker.

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Review: Care

08/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged drama, FirstGlance Film Festival, Short FilmLeave a comment

Directed by Paul D. Mooney and written by lead actress Erin Anne MacDonald, a glimpse of how one nurse stepped up, gave everything she had to her patients, and yet found her back up against the wall. Also starring: Evan Enslow, Suparna Thies, Jeane Reveendran and Alex Kaplan.

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Review: Shutter the Doors

07/05/202207/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged drama, FirstGlance Film Festival, Short Film, The Mint LALeave a comment

Written and directed by Sheri Sussman, captures a moment in time in a man’s life as he deals with an unimaginable loss. Starring: Ian Buchanan and Billy Wirth.

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Review: Milk

06/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged drama, FirstGlance Film Festival, Short FilmLeave a comment

Written and directed by Celia Jaspers, as an eight year old girl carefully decides which lollies to spend her hard earned pocket money on, she notices an old man at the counter ahead of her that is struggling to pay for the basics, bread and milk. Starring: Frank Edwards, Charlotte Jaspers and Christy-Anne Sullivan.

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Review: Angel City Horror

05/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged FirstGlance Film Festival, horror, Los Angeles, Short FilmLeave a comment

Written and directed by Matt McWilliams, Los Angeles, 1951 with the help of his partner Glenn O’Brian, veteran Detective George Hard stumbles on to evidence that leads him to investigate the disappearance of a mental patient at LA’s most notorious insane asylum. After interrogating the head nurse for answer Hard and O’Brian soon discover something evil lurking inside the asylum. Starring: Christopher Matthew Cook, Patrick Joseph Rieger, Sarah Nicklin, Sadie Katz and Caleb Harris.

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Review: Amaranthine

23/04/202204/05/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged drama, Short FilmLeave a comment

Directed by Evan Schneider and written by lead actor Marc Powers, haunted by the memories of his beloved wife, who was lost in an extinction level event, a lone survivor struggles to carry on in a post apocalyptic wasteland. Will a chance encounter with another survivor change his course? Or will he continue to wander the earth alone? Also starring: Jordan Tofalo and Jen Drummond.

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Review: Ancient Voice

13/04/202213/04/2022Posted in Reviews, Short FilmTagged horror, Short Film, TurkeyLeave a comment

Written and directed by Can Sagir, co-written by Erdeniz Tunç, a young journalism student meets with a local man to learn about a popular myth among the native villages of a mysterious creature named Obur. Starring: Samet Kiziltas and Berna Toy.

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Review: Queer Parivaar

10/04/2022Posted in BFI Flare 2022, Reviews, Short FilmTagged BFI Flare, LGBTQIA+, Musical, Non-Binary, Short FilmLeave a comment

Written and directed by lead actor Shiva Raichandani, co-written by Amani Saeed, when a mysterious gate crasher appears at their wedding, Madhav and Sufi are forced to face past secrets and reflect on what makes a family. Also starring: Taru Devani, Raimu Itfum, Asifa Lahore, Anick and Aroob Sajjad.

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