Short Round: Larry, need a friend?

January 4, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Jacob Chase’s short film Larry is the kind of short that I enjoy most—it sits right in that 5-minute sweet spot and never feels rushed or overlong. Good filmmakers can do a lot with just a few minutes, which is exactly what Chase does here. While the story is simple and it only has one […]

Short Round: Teddy Bears Are for Lovers, killing too

September 9, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

Almog Avidan Antonir not only has the coolest name ever, but he also happens to be the director behind your new favorite short film Teddy Bears Are for Lovers—it’s like a cross between Child’s Play and Gremlins, only condensed into 9-minutes of cuddly mayhem. It’s about a dude who wakes up in the middle of the […]

Short Round: This elevator only goes down, way down

April 18, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Paul Solet is best known for writing and directing Grace and has now released his short film Going Down for Black Box TV and stars Marc Senter and Dinora Walcott with music by Austin Wintory. It’s the perfect length for a short film coming in at just under 6 minutes — his latest story tells the tale […]

Short Round: Some very precious Cargo

April 8, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

From directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke comes the Tropfest 2013 finalist, Cargo — a truly brilliant take on the zombie genre and 7 minutes of pure gold. Easily one of my favorite new additions to the Short Round so far is this fantastic short film because it takes a very surprising approach to turning into […]

Short Round: Photography is a tough job these days

March 14, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Today on the Short Round we’ve got a fantastic little short horror film written and directed by Stuart Stanton called Inside. The film was shot entirely on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera as RAW and colour graded using DaVInci Resolve and it’s absolutely gorgeous. What differentiates between a bad short film and a good one is simply […]

Short Round: A Not So Happy Birthday

February 5, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

After premiering at last year’s Sundance festival, Nash Edgerton’s wonderfully dark short film, Bear, is finally available in all of its glory. Bear is a fantastic short film about a guy who just wants to surprise his girlfriend for her birthday. As you probably guessed by now, things don’t go as planned and it all […]