FISHTANK Wendi Tang’s stunning new short FISHTANK follows Jules (Tiffany Chu), a Chinese American woman, who has been sober for a year, but can’t stop vomiting goldfish. Things take an unexpected turn when she suddenly meets a fish enthusiast. In Wendi Tang‘s HollyShorts film, FISHTANK, Jules is sober, but now, instead of vomiting from alcohol, she throws up goldfish. When Read More →
THE THAW Filmmakers Sarah Wisner and Sean Temple‘s striking horror folktale has been killing it on the festival circuit, and rightly so. THE THAW tells the story of a family running low on food for the winter months, tasking their daughter to prepare a sleeping tea that would put them into a deep hibernation state. It does not go well. Read More →
Explore the healing power of reconnecting, in Benjamin Verrall’s nostalgic short film, “SHOUTING AT THE SEA,” featuring Harry Michell and Maddie Rice. Read More →
BANGS Montreal-based comedy duo Emelia Hellman and Nancy Webb (Hellgirl Productions) bring their paranoia-fueled short Bangs to Fantasia Festival’s Fantastiques week-ends du cinéma québécois this summer for the film’s Canadian premiere. On the eve of hosting a dinner party for her 30th birthday, a woman cuts her hair. When her friends don’t notice, it drives her mad. Nancy Webb‘s Fantasia Read More →
ONE FOR THE ROAD Based on a Stephen King story, Daniel Carsenty‘s short film ONE FOR THE ROAD is here to terrify LA Shorts International Film Festival audiences with its world premiere. It’s 3 am, and a mysterious, rather odorous man walks into a truck stop diner, muttering one phrase, “Old Mill Road.” Two drivers with the best intentions get Read More →
HOW I ROLLhttps://danceswithfilms.com/HOW-I-ROLL-2/ One of the most harrowing stories I’ve seen featured in a short film comes from BriGuel‘s HOW I ROLL. This 13-minute emotional rollercoaster is an eye-opening tale of resilience. Robin Cohen lives with MS, navigating Miami, Manhattan, and a family history of shocking violence, loss, and great love. BriGuel beautifully edits Cohen’s innermost thoughts, one on top Read More →
CATHARSIS https://tribecafilm.com/films/catharsis-2024 Brian Logvinsky brings his electric short film CATHARSIS to Tribeca 2024. Alex is a dancer and the face of his company, whose inner turmoil gets him mandated therapy sessions with an unorthodox doctor. Max Basch‘s hypnotic visual and sound editing personify Alex’s rage. The score is infectious, and, oh, the choreography! Marc Gellar, Jemima Kirke, Deborah Harry, and Read More →
SALLY, GET THE POTATOES Filmmaker Danicah Waldo brings drama and sweetness to The Big Apple Film Festival with her short film SALLY, GET THE POTATOES. Our titular little lady is the youngest of a well-off household. The precocious redhead, just looking for someone to play with her, gets tasked with procuring the potatoes for her overwhelmed chef mother. Something is happening within the Read More →
THE 2024 HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALannounces line-up for 19th edition(May 16-26) Opening Night features the World Premiere of Nana Ghana’s You Are Always Right Hereand an Uptown Shorts Spotlight Saturday’s Spotlight Presentation will feature the NY Premiere of Nancy Saslow’s documentary Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black and White YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT HERE, XERNONA CLAYTON: A LIFE IN Read More →
2nd Annual Dances With Films – NYC announces films and events (November 30-December 3) The celebrated true indie-focused film festival returns to New York City with three times as many films as last year’s debut. 64 World Premiere Screenings Featured Dylan K. Narang’s TAPAWINGO is the Opening Night selection, and Nicholas Gyeney’s THE ACTIVATED MAN will make Read More →
PRUNING Filmmaker Lola Blanc tackles the growing evil of Right-wing extremism in the short film PRUNING. Sami is an up-and-coming right-wing commentator. You know. The kind that lives to cause controversy by spewing “alternative facts” and plays the faux patriotism card. We know these bobbleheads all too well. They are dangerous. PRUNING is a manifestation of festering hatred. Following Read More →
TRIBECA FESTIVAL 2023 brings thrills, mystery, comedy, fantasy, you name it, there is something for everyone. This year’s lineup features Joe Lynch‘s latest, Suitable Flesh, Gabriela Cowperthwaite‘s I.S.S., and David Duchovny‘s Bucky F*cking Dent. Let’s get into a few of the films we are dying to get our eyeballs on this year. THE LISTENER – North American Premiere – Read More →
TROY Living in New York has its ups and downs. No matter how expensive your apartments are, the walls are always paper thin. You come to know your neighbors for better or for worse. Director Mike Donahue and writer Jen Silverman give Sundance 2023 audiences so much in their 15-minute short film TROY. Thea and Charlie share a wall with Read More →
2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Lineup of 99 Feature Films Find Out Why All Eyes Are On Independents In-Person Ticket Packages Now On Sale; Online Ticket Package Sales Begin December 13 Top L–R: Bravo, Burkina!, Girl, Polite Society, Mami Wata.Center L–R: Going Varsity in Mariachi, The Accidental Getaway Driver, Deep Rising, Cassandro.Bottom L–R: The Pod Generation, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, Read More →
And I Miss You Like A Little Kid From microaggressions to unapologetic emotional manipulation, And I Miss You Like A Little Kid sees a new relationship between strangers Jason and Clarissa begin during the pandemic. It isn’t long before power becomes the focus, and masterminded carelessness drive one of them to their breaking point. Watching Jason endure ceaseless emotional abuse Read More →
Man has found a new best friend: Tora, Pickles, Lucky, Zulu, Toodles, Flame, and GoalKitty. These are just some of the lovable feline stars of director Mye Hoang’s debut documentary film CAT DADDIES. A heartwarming and tender portrait of a diverse group of men whose lives have been forever changed by their love of cats, CAT DADDIES takes us on Read More →
15th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival(October 14-21) Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s Utama opens the festivalwith a gala screening at the Museum of the Moving Image Spotlight screenings include Godard’s classicAlphaville, Ali Cherri’s The Dam (Le Barrage),Jacqueline Mills’ Geographies of Solitude,and Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair with Marriage This year’s festival is overflowing with cool. Here are a few of the films Read More →
SLASHER SQUAD Short film Slasher Squad features picture-perfect animation akin to hyper-realistic mocap games like Uncharted and The Last of Us. Some of the details look so real I did a double take more than once. The story revolves around our female protagonist hearing the news about a serial killer on the loose. After checking the locks and hopping in the shower, we see she’s Read More →
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022 has arrived! This year there is a little bit (or a lot) for everyone, from In Conversation With Taylor Swift and a screening of All Too Well: The Short Film on 35mm, Viola Davis in The Woman King, to the Midnight Madness world premiere of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. TIFF never disappoints and this year, Read More →
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES CURRENTS FOR THE 60th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL Opening Night — João Pedro Rodrigues‘s Will-o’-the-Wisp New York, NY (August 18, 2022) – Film at Lincoln Center announces Currents for the 60th New York Film Festival (September 30–October 16, 2022). “Each Currents lineup is an attempt to distill the spirit of innovation and playfulness in contemporary cinema, Read More →
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