Director Ben Aston joins us to explain his striking short film He Took His Skin Off For Me, as we discuss practical fx & what he hopes an audience takes away from a viewing.
An experimental fairytale dedicated to the modern black boy, in which four boys disappear one night, as many black boys do, and find themselves on a fantastical journey to break the curses of black boyhood.
When a father disciplines his disobedient child in a grocery store, another customer intervenes and their discussions soon descend into chaos.
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in three short films directed by emerging filmmakers as part of Jameson's 'First Shot' competition
Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.
A young writer. A prostitute. An old desert motel. All stories need an ending and all endings need a beginning.
Still living with her parents at the age of 27, with no private life or a relationship, it takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make Alice realize that it's time to move out.
Merit and Zoe are battle buddies on a remote US Army outpost in Afghanistan. Back home, something comes up in their veteran group therapy that will put their once-in-a-lifetime friendship to the test.
An injured jockey tries to endure nine races on nine horses over the course of one unforgiving night on the track. He will test the limits of his body and find what exists in the grey area between pain and beauty — if it doesn’t destroy him first.
Joaquin, a 40 year old driving instructor, struggles to survive in a city where he arrived years ago as an undocumented worker.
