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Watch: Coralie Fargeat's Homemade 'Star Wars' Movie Made on VHS
"General Solo, is your strike team assembled?"Time for a super fun blast from the past! Take a trip back into Coralie Fargeat's childhood. In honor of the Academy Award nominations for French directorCoralie Fargeat'sbody horror filmThe Substance,Letterboxd has posted her very first film online. Fargeat dug up an old VHS tape from the 1990s that features her own homemadeStar Warsmovie - they scanned it and digitized it and now we can all enjoy it. Fargeat is nominated for Best Directorat the Oscars this year,andThe Substancehas a total offive nominations.It's her second feature film after makingRevenge(2017) previously. This homemadeStar Wars(titledLa Guerre des étoilesin French) is kind of a remix of all of the three original movies, and features miniatures / action figures, some footage borrowed from the movies, and some of her own footage shot with her friends in the woods. This clunky no-budget VHS filmmaking is so much fun to see! Those Stormtroopers are hilarious. Click on [cc] for English subtitles in the video below.
›PostedFebruary 18inSci-Fi,Short Film,Star Wars,To Watch|Comments
Watch: Enchanting Animated Short 'The Lost Tower' Made in Blender
Time for beautiful quick journey to a whole other world. This animated short film titledThe Lost Toweris a 2-min creation from Montreal-based animation filmmakerFlorent Lebrun.It started as a small project and turned into this magnificent animated short. The film follows a pilot in a yellow bi-plane. "Flying over uncharted waters, a pilot searches for one of the Lost Towers." It reminds me ofPorco Rossoof course, very similar vibes (also withCastle in the Sky), but still feels like something unique. I would love to watch more - it's this is just the intro. For anyone concerned that it's created with A.I., Lebrun puts those rumors and concerns to rest right away. He explains on hisIG post:"Got some people wondering if it was AI... Sorry just good old Blender / Photoshop / compositing process." Amazing work! This is so evocative and immersive, allowing anyone to feel like they're ready to join this pilot on his mission to discover even more Lost Towers.
›PostedFebruary 3inAnimation,Short Film,To Watch|Comments
Official Trailer for 'Anuja' - Oscar Nominated Short Film Set in Delhi
"What if I don't want to be a smart girl?"Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an acclaimed short film titledAnuja,made by filmmaker Adam B. Graves. This 22-min short premiered at a number of festivals last year and ended up earning an Oscar nomination - it made the cut as one of the five nominated shortsin the Best Live-Action Short categorythis year at the 97th Academy Awards.Anujafollows a gifted nine-year-old orphan and her 17-year-old sister, Palak, as they work in a back-alley garment factory. When a teacher offers Anuja a chance to attend an elite boarding school and leave her old life, the sisters must navigate challenges that test their resilience and bond, culminating in a decision faced by countless young girls worldwide. A story of resilience, sisterhood, and hope. This starsSajda Pathanas Anuja,Ananya Shanbhagas Palak,Nagesh Bhosleas Mr. Verma, andGulshan Waliaas Mr. Mishra. Not the best trailer, but I'm sure this is a good short anyway. At first glance I thought it was a documentary but it's a proper short made with actors.
›PostedJanuary 29inShort Film,To Watch,Trailer|Comments
Festival Teaser for 'Such Good Friends' Comedy Short at Sundance 2025
"My whole family is going to really need you... So you'll stay for dinner tonight, and then maybe after we can have a sleepover."Catch an early first look teaser for this short film premiering at the upcoming2025 Sundance Film Festivalthis month.Such Good Friendsis the latest creation from the team that made the excellent comedy shortThe Cowboy and the Samuraiwhich we featured a few years ago. Their next brand new 11 minute short is about a friend and a family. After ending a toxic friendship, a people pleaser finds herself falling into old patterns with her former best friend's family. Apparently including a sleepover? Ha. StarringMindy Sterling,Niamh O'Neill Culhane,Jared Lo Nigro,andRachel Rambaldi.Directed byBri Klaproth,written by Jon Walkup and Bri Klaproth. I'm always happy to supportshort filmsand as a big fan of their last one, this one is already on my radar at Sundance this year. Keep an eye out for it there.
›PostedJanuary 15inIndies,Short Film,Sundance 25,To Watch,Trailer|Comments
Watch: Horror Comedy Short Film 'Meat Puppet' with David Jonsson
"The boy is out of the box."📦 You've never seen anything like this film before! A hilarious new short film is finally online after playing at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year.Meat Puppetis a hilarious comedy short film created by a British-Greek filmmaker namedEros V.The film won the Audience Award at SXSW and played at a bunch of other festivals and is now online to watch. It's a knock out! On the day he promised his girlfriend he'd grow up, a man-child inadvertently traps himself inside a puppet. How will he get back to his old fleshy meat bag self?!Meat PuppetstarsDavid Jonsson(the super talented young actor seen inAlien: RomulusandRye Lane) along withMáiréad TyersandGregg Chilingirian.This concept is crazy to begin with, but it's executed in just the right way to be super funny and exceptionally awkward, which is not easy to pull off. The puppet is also real - created and puppeted by Hugh Purves. Just click on play below.
›PostedJanuary 2inHorror,Short Film,To Watch|Comments
Watch: 'The Boy Who Cheated Death' Animated Short with Many Styles
No matter how hard you might try to delay and/or hold off death, you can never stop or slow down time. It marches on without ever slowing down. Always... This lovely, mesmerizinganimatedshort filmcalledThe Boy Who Cheated Deathis about a young boy confronting the reality of death. The 5-minute animated short is created by a Vietnamese filmmaker namedPipou Phuong Nguyenwho lives and works in France. This short features a handful of different animation styles – starting out with conventional hand-drawn 2D with various stop-motion vignettes, utilizing papercraft, fabric, felt, and more. It tells the story of a little boy who tries to hide his mother from Death - taking him on a journey across space and time, interacting with animals and nature. The point is not to leave people feeling sad, rather the film "invites you to embrace the fragility of life." Featuring original music byAntoine Duchêne.So maybe this boy can't really cheat death (can anyone?), but it seems like he does come to understand it better by the end of this story.Watchbelow.
›PostedDecember 27inAnimation,Short Film,To Watch|Comments
Super Creepy Teaser Trailer for 'Stalker' - A Horror Short Set in Paris
This isn't your typical stalker horror. It's something else. A freaky new teaser trailer has debuted for an indie horror thriller calledStalkermade by French filmmaker David Cholewa. This 20 minute horror short has played a few small film festivals already but has not been released online yet. A young woman must confront her deepest fears if she hopes to survive the night. As she walks back home on a gloomy, threatening Paris night, she can't shake the feeling that she's being followed. As she gets closer to her residence, the presence becomes more and more bold and aggressive. And it is only by confronting her deepest inner fears that she can survive this ominous threat. This weird stalker looks like a giant spider which is scary as hell!Sandra Hohenadelstars as Sarah. Get a look at footage below and keep an eye out for this short dropping online. That shot of whatever is coming out of her mouth is gross. An effective, unsettling teaser for a horror short.
›PostedDecember 20inHorror,Short Film,To Watch,Trailer|Comments
Watch: Hilarious 'Godfart' - A Scientifically-Accurate 2 Min Short Film
And then God said, let there be farts!And thus the universe was born. This hilarious 2-minute short film is now online for everyone to enjoy.Godfartis the bonkers creation of comedy filmmakerMichael Langan.He's be whipping up films, commercials, music videos and more but this takes the cake. From the universe of Doxology comesGodfart,the epic creation myth that traces the origins of everything to God's quest for breakfast.Russel Hodgkinsonstars as God - before he could make the universe, he needed something to eat first. And the rest is history... Literally. Even though this may seem like a simple concept to pull off, it's not as easy as it looks. To find the right guy for the role of God, to make it all seem plausible and hilarious, and to bring it together with that big bang finale – as the Italians say,that's amore.Plug your nose & enjoy.
›PostedDecember 16inComedy,Short Film,To Watch|Comments
Watch: 'Space Plug' Sci-Fi Short About a Boy Raised by Flabby Aliens
This is the kind of super strange, clever sci-fi cinema we can always use more of nowadays.Space Plugis a fascinating, weird, funny little short film presented in B&W by UK filmmakerMarcus Anthony Thomas.It was made as part of a Disney Imagine UK scheme in partnership with the NFTS in London. Now available online to watch if you're curious - and it's only 14 minutes long. Every sci-fi nerd needs to watch this just to see something super creative and original. "A baby human is raised in a stimulant free room that looks out into the vastness of space, and more specifically at a big white, blackhole that sucks in stars like a plughole. A Space Plug. With only fluid-filled beings providing them sustenance and company, the human grows to become increasingly restricted by their surroundings and so sets about looking for a way out. Searching for a life in the infinite beyond... in the Space Plug." This is way more wacky and weird than expected, with the flabby alien things being especially insane. It's about this kid having "everything that they need but nothing they want." WithAnthony J Abraham,Iniki Mariano,Benjamin Atori,andMichael Fianko.Enjoy.
›PostedDecember 13inSci-Fi,Short Film,To Watch|Comments
Watch: Dick Van Dyke in Spike Jonze's New 'All My Love' Music Video
"I'm one of those lucky people who got to do for a living what I would've done anyway!"This is wonderful!Coldplayhas released a brand new music video for the single "All My Love"off theirbrand new albumcalled "Moon Music". But it's nothing like any usual music video. Coldplay'sChris Martinhangs out with the legendaryDick Van Dyke,who is turning 99 years old (!!) and plays on his piano while Dick dances around his home. All of it is filmed & edited into a lovely tribute to the iconic performer / comedian / actor Dick Van Dyke, cut with footage & photographs from his illustrious career in show business. It's co-directed by the filmmakers Spike Jonze & Mary Wigmore, which actually makes it the first real Spike Jonze-directed project we've seen in a while. And it's just so delightful. Shot in location at his home in Malibu, it's a lovely, heartfelt look at his life as he reflects on his age. "I'm acutely aware that I could go any day now... but I don't know why it doesn't concern me. I'm not afraid of it. I have the feeling that I'm gonna be alright." Dance on.
›PostedDecember 6inShort Film,To Watch|Comments
'Julia's Stepping Stones' Doc Teaser About the Filmmaker Julia Reichert
"We believed that the only way to achieve equality was to actually live it."Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a biopicdocumentaryfilm calledJulia's Stepping Stones,which will out to watchin Decemberstreaming on Netflix worldwide. This is a very special doc tribute to the late filmmakerJulia Reichert,an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who passed away. The 32-min short doc first premiered at the 2024 Full Frame Film Festival earlier this year and could end up with an Oscar nomination next year for Best Short Doc. It's credited as directed by both Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, who last made the outstanding docAmerican Factorytogether. Julia Reichert, who passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2022, recounts the path that she took to becoming an acclaimed filmmaker: her upbringing & education, and her interest in working people and the women's movement. She dreamt of a larger life for herself to her discovery of documentary filmmaking and her own voice along the way. A short first teaser - more to follow.
›PostedDecember 4inDocumentaries,Short Film,To Watch,Trailer|Comments
Watch: Unsettling 'Holiday House' Short Film Feat. AnnaSophia Robb
"Wow you're home is super nice."It might be a good idea to never meet your fans. It can be super awkward if you ever meet them – maybe even dangerous. Yet another eerie new film about parasocial relationships.Holiday Houseis a short film created byAlex Heller,who also directed & starred in the indie filmThe Year Betweena few years ago. Heller describes it as "mysterious, miniature movie." A content creator feels obligated to let her internet benefactor visit her workshop. His arrival explores uncomfortable boundaries of a parasocial friendship. StarringAnnaSophia Robbas Shelley &David Brownas Marky, withAntonio Marziale&Adrienne Becker.It is very similar to theother short calledFollowersabout a similar home invasion. I also always referenceIngrid Goes Westas the original film aboutparasocial relationships,where people create extremely unhealthy connections to folks they only know on social media. Freaky! View below.
›PostedDecember 2inShort Film,To Watch|Comments
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