Dark by Noon (2013)

Dark by Noon (2013)

Time-travel thriller This film is set in an alternate time, a world where history has unfolded differently. Rez played by Patrick Buchanan (Belfast Story) lost his wife sometime in the past. Now heist a man abandoned by society, but he possesses a gift: the perfect photographic memory, but having perfect recall isn’t all it’s cracked…

Robot & Scarecrow (2017)

Robot & Scarecrow (2017)

Poetic, seductive and impressive film! A love story between a robot and a scarecrow who meet and fall for each other at a summer music festival. I find most shorts annoyingly lacking in script and plot– and I admit this short is not “fully filled in”. But it doesn’t have to be. We don’t need…

Arch (2017)

Arch (2017)

Fantastic adventure through the post-apocalypse deserts of Babylon! “ARCH” is about the adventure between a young girl and the faceless desert warrior that she befriends. M1K3, a fearsome being brought to life from the sand upon the interaction with Lilly. Together the two of them travel the wasteland, and after a short while, M1K3 discovers…

Shako Mako (2019)

Shako Mako (2019)

Subtle exploration of identity, perceptions and belonging! Set in a mock Iraqi village, Shako Mako follows American-Iraqi actress Alia Shawkat, and a team of amateur actors who hope to make it in entertainment industry, and we see them rehearsing scenes and recording audition tapes. “It’s a role I’ve always hoped to play, an actress who…

Smash and Grab (2019)

Smash and Grab (2019)

Pixar’s WALL-E-Esque Short Film Smash and Grab are two robots who, true to their names, smash and grab glowing rocks to use as fuel for a constantly moving train on a futuristic Mars-like planet. The two are attached to cords that constantly charge them and prevents them from leaving their jobs. To beat the boredom,…

The Barefooted Youth (1964)

The Barefooted Youth (1964)

Rallying cry against social inequality and class barriers A gangster with a strong streak of honor saves an upper-class South Korean woman. A romance soon forms between the two of them and there is some interchange of their respective worlds, but these things never turn out well, especially in South Korean films and their respective…