Best of the Month: November 2021
With scary season ending in October, November was the month we saw a number of Oscar contenders released online - many of which feature in our 'Best of the Month' selection.
With scary season ending in October, November was the month we saw a number of Oscar contenders released online - many of which feature in our 'Best of the Month' selection.
Black holes, nuns and Nicholas Cage all feature in this round-up of work from our previously featured filmmakers at this year's SXSW
Olivier, 29 years-old, has been drifting for far too long. Today, an unexpected announcement gives him a chance to reset his life.
A young girl’s childhood in Turkey is haunted by monsters, who turn out to be all too real.
A man who has come to the public baths to retrieve a forgotten object finds an old but valid ticket and lets himself be tempted. Among clouds of vapor and the gestures and conversations around him, a simple bath slowly becomes an invitation to existential reflection.
Multi-million dollar Series A funding rounds for two creator-lead VR production companies signals a shift in focus from technology to content.
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.
Alex Karpovsky and Troian Bellisario star in this smart two-hander about the complexities that lie at the end of a relationship
A child internalizes the chaos of home renovations and his parents' preoccupation, precipitating a fever dream that catapults his consciousness into adult realms of obsession and dread.
Over the course of a theatre workshop for youngsters, a teenager finds himself sexually intimate with a slightly older girl. But did he really mean to? Congratulated or blamed for, everyone has a strong reaction.