Oscar Qualifying Short Film Reviews

In the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Americans experienced a massive cultural shift. For some, it led to an upswing of patriotism and

I’M NOT A ROBOT

What could possibly be more infuriatingly repetitive than solving a Captcha before a login? If you’ve spent any decent amount of time browsing the internet,

THE MASTERPIECE

Value is in the eye of the beholder, or so they say. In The Masterpiece (La Gran Obra), it appears in the strangest of ways.

GABRIELA

Big or small, the goals we have in life exact some sort of toll on us. They are there to test whether we truly want

LOVESICK

Elias (Clint Ruben) spends his days in an open psych ward in Denmark. His well-being dangles above a dangerous gorge, his thoughts ravaged by harmful

SPIRIT OF PLACE

Two birdwatchers, Edward (Jordan Peters) and Athel (Hannah Chinn), visit the local wetlands, spending hours on end enjoying each other’s company while taking in all

NEITHER DONKEY NOR HORSE

If there’s one thing the history books have taught us is that humanity is far from being error-prone, especially when faced with the prospect of

MEAL TICKET

Sometimes life doesn’t allow for compromises. At least not in director Wes Andre Goodrich’s Oscar-qualifying short film Meal Ticket. Ambition, honesty, and selfishness clash in

CALF

Horror can be many things. It’s what you see, and sometimes what you don’t. In most cases, it’s purely the idea that festers inside your

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