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August 13, 2022
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FLAMES
Flames opens with an aerial view of an urban town, quiet but populated, during the last minutes of twilight. A bustling transit line stretches before
APOTHEOSIS
Why wait for evolution to engineer a better breed of human? Max Pearce asks us just that question in a film called Apotheosis. Taking place
THE DRIVE
Dan Karlok’s devastating short drama The Drive proves that you don’t need a large budget, or a lengthy running time for that matter, to create
HollyShorts Film Festival – MOSHARI
Moshari opens with an expanding shot of mosquitos batting over a mass unseen in a foreboding opening of decay. We focus on a cow carcass,
A BITTER MURMUR
A Bitter Murmur is a horrifying paranormal short that introduces us to Sam (Cailyn Rice), a lonely woman who is watched over by the ghost
L’AUTRE RIVE
L’autre rive takes on the issue of homelessness and Montreal serves as the setting. The story is framed up against the 2020 decimation of a
STUCK
Simplicity is key. Filmmaker David Roncone seems to abide by that motto as his short horror film, Stuck, is as basic as it gets. This
BIASED
Writer and director Andrea Lwin’s Biased boldly asks the question: what if renting in Los Angeles could get even MORE egregious? Closely following the sudden
MY NAME IS MOE
Young filmmaker Kabir McNeely’s short, My Name Is Moe, gradually grows in resonance until it arrives at an unexpectedly poignant conclusion. Sensitively dealing with serious