Mary Kate Van den Berg

  • Festival

    2011 TROPFEST Australia

    The 2011 Movie Extra Tropfest short film festival took place today in Australia, and of the 16 films, Animal Beatbox by Damon Gameau was declared the winner. [caption id="attachment_4816" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Click to Watch "Animal Beatbox""][/caption] The field was strong this year, with Joel Edgerton of the Blue-Tongue Collective represented for his film Monkeys, as well Mankind is No Island filmmaker and prior winner of Tropfest New York, Jason Van Genderen for The Unspoken.

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    Experimental Raymond Knudsen
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    Prep

    A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

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    Dark Comedy Nicolas Keppens & Matthias Phlips
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    Wildebeest

    Going on a safari is a dream for many, but for middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a nightmare when they get left behind in the wilderness

  • Festival

    A Shorts-Centric Recap of TIFF 2020

    With TIFF adopting a hybrid approach - featuring live screenings, online rentals and a virtual library - we take a short centric look at what this year's festival had to offer.

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    Horror Maarten Groen

    Arrêt Pipi

    Sarah and Bram’s roadtrip takes a horrifying turn when they stop for a bathroom break in the dark woods of Wallonia.

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    Drama Zara Dwinger

    A Holiday from Mourning

    A teenage girl attempts to flee the grief she has felt since her mothers’ death by going on a post-exam trip to a Portuguese party town.

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    Horror Josh Tanner

    Decommissioned

    An astronaut encounters a terrifying anomaly approaching the International Space Station.

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    Experimental Kelly Sears

    Once it Started it Could Not End Otherwise

    The mysterious events at a 1970's high school are revealed between the pages of an old yearbook in this animation from collage veteran, Kelly Sears.

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    Myth Floris Kaayk

    The Origin of Creatures

    Limbs are on the prowl in this dark, futuristic tale based on the Tower of Babel from viral video provocateur, Floris Kaayk.

  • Interview

    Interview with Lewis Arnold (Charlie Says)

    With his latest short Charlie Says having just featured on SotW and its simple yet powerful narrative still resonating through our minds, we spoke to director Lewis Arnold about basing a film on his own childhood experience, shooting on 35mm and releasing a 24-minute short online.

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