Directed by: Robi Michael. Written by: Winston Engle (based on a short story by A.E. van Vogt). Produced by: Thomas Sammon. Visual effects supervision by: Thomas Marinello. 25 min “Unhappy paint is dead paint.” The ’40s and ’50s were an unimpressive time for cinematic science fiction. Space opera serials, mad doctors, and a few red-scare-induced
Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff, Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), a student attending art school, works the nightshift at a twenty-four hour supermarket. Each employee finds a way to make the time pass. Ben’s approach is counterintuitive as he stops time, and then draws
Directed/Written by: Jan Schomburg Produced by: Corinna C. Poetter This critique contains spoilers – if you have not seen the film yet, go to the Best Shorts page. The Park City 2005 Festival season was an exercise in mediocrity. Whether it was the grandmaster Sun Dance or the supposedly edgy Slamdance, “average” was the watchword.
Directed, produced, & written by Chris Dowling 16 min. What I keep wondering while watching The Plight of Clownana is if I should be taking away some deep, life lesson. Certainly, Ishamel the Clownana, a dancing half-clown, half-banana store mascot thinks so. Narrated with deep sincerity by writer/director/producer Chris Dowling in a poetic fashion more often
Directed by: John Coven. Written by: John Coven, Cornell Christianson. Cast: JoBeth Williams, Juliet Landau. 8 min. This critique contains spoilers – if you have not seen the film yet, go to the Best Shorts page. There is a basic ghost story. This isn’t terribly surprising as a majority of sub-genres aren’t so much categories
Directed & Written by: Mike Williamson. Produced by: Terry Dougas, Michael Feifer. 25 min Think of a campfire horror tale. A really, really good one. The type you heard as a child, huddled closely with two or three friends on a cool October night. The kind that frightened you in all the ways that are