Tag: Short Film
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SHORT FILM: LAURA HASN’T SLEPT
“Laura Hasn’t Slept” is a 2020 horror short film directed by Parker Finn. It stars Caitlin Stasey as Laura and Lew Temple as Dr. Parsons. The film is a prequel to Parker Finn’s feature film “Smile,” expanding on its unsettling narrative and chilling atmosphere. The story centers around Laura (Caitlin Stasey), a young woman plagued by terrifying…
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SHORT FILM: DRIVING THERE
“Driving There” is a 2024 short film written and directed by Marlaina Smith. The film delves into the depths of grief, portraying a deeply personal and poignant journey as two strangers serendipitously intersect; they unearth a shared purpose, forging an unbreakable bond. The film opens at a remote and very windy gas station, where Daniel…
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SHORT FILM: STIGMA
“Stigma” is a poignant short film produced by the BBC in 1977 as part of its “A Ghost Story for Christmas’ Series, directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and written by Clive Exton. The film was unlike any of the previous films in the Ghost Story For Christmas series in that it was the first to be an…
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SHORT FILM: ALMOND WOOD
“Almond Wood” is a 2020 Short film thriller directed by James Frost and written by James Frost, Patricia Rodrigeuz, and Michael Schilf. The film stars Kate Amundsen and Will Brandt. The film centers around Debbie Reynolds (Kate Amundsen), an attractive young woman from a privileged background, albeit with dark connections, and Jason, her good-looking and…
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SHORT FILM: EN MOI aka IN ME (NSFW)
“En Moi,” which translates to “In Me,” is a 2016 French short film co-written and directed by Laetitia Casta and is also her directorial debut.Casta co-wrote the screenplay with Maud Ameline. The film stars Yvan Attal as the film director, model Lara Stone as the woman, and Mathilde Bisson as the actress. The movie centers…
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SHORT FILM: SUMMER HIT
“Summer Hit” is a 2019 short film written and directed by Berthold Wahjudi. It follows two foreign exchange students, Laia from Spain (played by Martina Roura) and Emil from Iceland (played by Atli Benedikt) who are both on a semester abroad in Munich. The film begins immediately after the couple has just had sex and…
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SHORT FILM: DARK BLUE
Dark Blue is a 2022 short drama narrative written and directed by Stephen Cole Webley about an immigrant (played by Salvador Chacon) who starts his journey from Mexico to the US and stumbles across a grizzly scene. The film starts with a pickup truck carrying blindfolded immigrants as they go from Mexico to the US…
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SHORT FILM: YOU’RE NOW BEYOND HOPE, ARIZONA
“You’re Now Beyond Hope Arizona,” a 2022 drama written and directed by Nick Dugan, is about a traumatized alcoholic forced to commit a crime to pay back his gambling debts. He is totally isolated in the world, unable to reconcile his past, and in a cruel twist of irony, the one person he connects with…
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SHORT FILM: AN IRISH GOODBYE
“An Irish Goodbye” is a poignant and emotional short film directed by Ross White and Tom Berkeley in 2022. The film is about estranged brothers who are forced to reunite after the sudden death of their mother. Turlough (played by Seamus O’Hara) returns home to deal with Lorcan (played by James Martin), who has Down…
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SHORT FILM: EYELASH
“Eyelash” is a short drama film directed by Jesse Lewis Reece in 2020. It was nominated for Best short film at the BAFTAs and can be seen here. The film is beautifully adapted from Neil Hilborn’s poem “OCD” (link below). It explores a couple’s burgeoning relationship (played by Elijah Harris and Ishtar Currie Wilson) as…
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