Category: Live action short

Academy Awards, BAFTA, Filmmaker Interview, Live action short, Oscars

Oscar Spotlight: Daniel Audritt and Kat Butterfield on bringing joy and reality to end of life

The time-loop has become a familiar cinematic device, from Groundhog Day to more existential variations on the form. What made you feel it was the right structure for a story about a man in a hospice, and how did you set about making repetition feel like a revelation rather than a gimmick? Well at first we were drawn to it because the concept felt quite … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: Daniel Audritt and Kat Butterfield on bringing joy and reality to end of life

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Academy Awards, Filmmaker Interview, Live action short, Oscars

Oscar Spotlight: Aaron Chalke on Turning Death, Grief and Irish Humour Into The Death Notice of Eamonn McCarty

The writer-director of The Death Notice of Eamonn McCarty talks Michael McElhatton, finding humour in mortality, learning from the Oscar-winning filmmakers behind An Irish Goodbye, and why qualifying for the 99th Academy Awards still feels like a dream. For Irish filmmaker Aaron Chalke, an idea rooted in one of the most familiar traditions of his childhood has taken him somewhere he never quite imagined: into … Continue reading Oscar Spotlight: Aaron Chalke on Turning Death, Grief and Irish Humour Into The Death Notice of Eamonn McCarty

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Academy Awards, Film Review, Live action short, Oscars, Raindance

KILORAN BAY REVIEW: MICHAEL BRUCE’S POWERFUL SCOTTISH SHORT CONFRONTS THE NOTION OF ‘HOME’

Michael Bruce’s KILORAN BAY is a concise and emotionally focused musical short that brings together Scottish culture, LGBTQ+ identity and the difficult process of returning to a place associated with a painful past. Written and directed by Bruce, the 13-minute film uses the setting of the Scottish Hebrides and the traditions of a wedding cèilidh to explore shame, longing, self-acceptance and queer joy. The story … Continue reading KILORAN BAY REVIEW: MICHAEL BRUCE’S POWERFUL SCOTTISH SHORT CONFRONTS THE NOTION OF ‘HOME’

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Academy Awards, Awards Season, BAFTA, Film Review, Films, Live action short, Oscars, Short Film

RULE, BRITANNIA REVIEW: ANTI-REFUGEE RHETORIC LAID BARE

Max Fisher’s RULE, BRITANNIA is a politically charged short drama that examines patriotism, fear and the human consequences of anti-refugee rhetoric through a sharply constructed story of two brothers whose assumptions are challenged by the very people they set out to confront. Directed by Fisher and co-written by Ayman Alhussein and Greer Ellison, the film follows two patriotic brothers who steal a fishing boat and … Continue reading RULE, BRITANNIA REVIEW: ANTI-REFUGEE RHETORIC LAID BARE

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Academy Awards, Awards Season, Female Director, Film Festivals, Film Review, Live action short, Short Film

THE SECRET ASSISTANTS REVIEW: A THOUGHT PROVOKING EXPLORATION OF WHAT IT COSTS TO SPEAK UP

Katey Lee Carson’s THE SECRET ASSISTANTS is a sharply focused drama about power, ambition and the uncomfortable choices that arise when speaking up carries a personal cost. Written, directed and produced by Carson, the BAFTA-qualifying short places its central character in a situation where recognising that something is wrong is only the beginning of the dilemma. Camille Rutherford stars as Sophie, an ambitious novice whose … Continue reading THE SECRET ASSISTANTS REVIEW: A THOUGHT PROVOKING EXPLORATION OF WHAT IT COSTS TO SPEAK UP

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