?Days like this, I miss Siberia.? A new phone becomes the catalyst for an older man to find new ways of seeing things in iMordecai from Marvin Samel. The story is based in the Samel family history. As such this is a personal project. Mordecai Samel (Judd Hirsch) is a...
?You?re never haunted by just one ghost.? Northern Shade, first feature from writer/director Christopher Rucinski, is a story about isolation and connections. In the process, it shows us the cost of the increasing isolation that we face in our lives. Justin McLaughlin...
Each year there are Oscars? awarded in three categories of short films: Live Action Shorts, Animated Shorts, and Short Documentaries. Programs of these shorts can be seen in various places around the country. Check at 2023 Oscar? Nominated Short Films - ShortsTV...
Once upon a time films were about an hour and a half. Now blockbusters may be over three hours. Some arthouse films may go even longer. Shorts demonstrate that the economy of storytelling can still be powerful. (It?s worth remembering that Jesus was very good at...
Each year there are Oscars? awarded in three categories of short films: Live Action Shorts, Animated Shorts, and Short Documentaries. Programs of these shorts can be seen in various places around the country. Check at 2023 Oscar? Nominated Short Films - ShortsTV...
"Dividers need us to stay in our own little bubbles talking about each other rather than to each other. We need to try something else." We live in a politically polarized world. For many, this has led to a deep cynicism about the political process. When two sides...
?I have no idea where my prayers are going.? We enter the world of hospital chaplaincy in A Still Small Voice, a documentary by Luke Lorentzen. Lorentzen was recognized at the Sundance Film Festival with the Directing Award in US Documentary. Mati Engle is in a one...
Here are a few more shorts from the Slamdance Film Festival. These come from three different sections, and include some of the award winning shorts. Good Grief (11 minutes, directed by Rob Sharp). The terrible grief of the loss of a child is portrayed through four...
Coming of age can open the world in new ways, but at what price? In Lukas Dhont?s Close (which is Belgium?s entry for Oscar consideration) we watch a sudden and tragic shift from the idyllic world of childhood to thechallenging world of trying to fit in to the...