CHICKEN

Writer/director Josh Leong’s Chicken is a near-perfect short film that’s both subtle and supremely ambitious, quiet and heartbreaking, and relevant without resorting to speechifying. Dealing

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SOLUS

Gravity’s distant little cousin, Jonathan Brooks space-set short film Solus does a lot with a little, functioning as an extended teaser for an epic, hard

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AAGNOSTIC

The clever title of Daniel James Dismuke’s short film AAgnostic may just be the cleverest thing about it. It does, indeed, focus on a young

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EGRESS

A rich back story is revealed during the opening credits of Clarito Zapanta’s 35-minute short film Egress. A warrior, Kess Kynes (Becky Byrd), with a

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THE FIFTH CHAIR

Chris Vaughn’s short and feverish The Fifth Chair is the definition of a missed opportunity. It deals with heavy subjects ripe for exploration, like the

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A LITTLE DEAD

Grandpa is all alone. His wife died several months ago, and living in the middle of nowhere, the solitude of the setting drives home the

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