Ali Cook On Creating a Terrifying Sea Fable with ‘The Pearl Comb’
One of the most transortive, transfixing short films of the year reaches back to the creates we may have known ...
Tag: Shorts
‘The Singers’ Is Intoxicatingly Atmospheric
A bar stands alone against the unforgiving wind of a snowy night. The lights in the windows are clouded by ...
Shorts Exclusive: Lesley Ann Warren Takes Center Stage in Tom Koch’s ‘Olive’
The Oscar-qualified short film OLIVE, starring Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Lesley Ann Warren (Victor Victoria, Clue), is making ...
Alexander Thompson On the Wondrous Horrors of Growing Up for ‘Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting’
Growing up, we all heard stories, fairy tales and fables. When we move into adulthood, we sometimes look back and ...
Afia Nathaniel On Her Profound Tale of Predators and Prey for ‘Don’t be late, Myra’
The concept of Afia Nathaniel's Don't be late, Myra is simple in setup--about a young girl walking home after she ...
Alexander Farah On How Memory Lingers, Connects, and Shapes Us for ‘One Day This Kid’
Alexander Farah's short film, One Day This Kid, has stuck with me quite vividly since I saw it earlier this ...
‘All the Empty Rooms’: A Somber, Necessary Tribute Towards Healing
The epidemic of school shootings in America has no end in sight. There is this unspoken fear of turning on ...
Elham Ehsas On Creating a Family Driven Climate Change Narrative for ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’
The sound of a shovel rings through your ears in certain points of Elham Ehsas' powerful, go-for-broke short film, There ...
Filmmakers Sam Mirpoorian, Adam Oppenheim On How Kindness and Compassion are True Superhero Qualities for ‘Saving Superman’
The film we need right now' is the type of moniker given to so many films these days for how ...
Aaron Blaise On the Meaningful Journey of Making ‘Snow Bear’
All of us want to be loved, and we all need to feel a warm connection. Sometimes we don't even ...
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