A woman mourning her grandmother takes a job luring an entity from a hole.
A meditative character study focusing on Paul Harper, a desperate father whose exhaustive search for his lost son has led him down a path of unintended exile.
With science fiction story-lines and topics of sexuality proving to be big discussion starters here on Short of the Week, it would have seemed like an opportunity missed if we didn't speak to emerging filmmaker Connor Hurley about his short film The Naturalist. Based around concepts of genetically altering sexual orientation and set in an unspecified dystopian future, we talked to the director about the influence of existing work on his narrative/tone and looked at how he went about creating a timeless aesthetic for his film: It's hard not talk about The Naturalist without first looking at the concept - where did the idea for the narrative come from? I remember I was probably around 12 years old, pursuing both my passion for filmmaking and facing questions of my own sexuality.
As a young homeless queer boy and his friend prepare for a night of competition at a local Kiki Ball, he is forced to reconnect with his disapproving older brother.
Ten years on, a father's relentless search for his daughter leads him to a remote farmhouse, three states away from where she went missing.
A young, marine navigation student, suffers intense anxiety during his final exams, when an incident from his past returns to both haunt and help him.
A man suffering from Alzheimer's desperately tries to put together the pieces of his past.
In a desperate struggle against his ballooning ego, Bill battles in vain to re-woo Deb with his below-par outdoor skills and, quite frankly, shocking behaviour, until their last-ditch camping trip takes a very sinister turn.
In this dark comedy of manners set in a surreal world, meticulously-coiffed soccer moms Jill and Lisa vie for perfect children, perfect husbands, and most importantly, perfect teeth.
With the RCA Grad Show forced online this year, we take a look at the best short films from the final year students of the Animation MA course
