LIVE ACTION SHORTS

Who knew a case of bottled water could lead to such drama? Remember the ease of hooking up? When you...

I was not prepared for the emotional journey from Martin Strange-Hansen's On My Mind. The film follows a man drowning...

When I told KD Davila and Levin Menekse that I was surprised by how deftly they balanced out the darkness...

Ahhh, the shorts. With the three different categories of live action, documentary, and animation, the short film categories can make...

There is a brutal honesty that permeates through Tadeusz Lysiak's powerful short, The Dress. The director turns his attention to...

We are sometimes held captive by the dreams that come to us. When we fall asleep, we are not in...

Annie St-Pierre's shortlisted live action short film, Les Grandes Claques (Like the Ones I Used to Know), is a Christmas...

Even though I saw it several weeks ago, there are images from Aneil Karia's short film, The Long Goodbye, that...

When Uzo Aduba saw Marianne Farley's captivating abortion rights film, Frimas, she knew that she had to be a part...

Mitch Kalisa's short film, Play It Safe, deserves to be shortlisted this year for the immeasurable impact it places on...

Scott Aharoni's Leylak is timely and quietly devastating. Colman Domingo, most recently seen in his Gotham Award nominated performance in...

In the Live Action Short Film race, there is nothing quite like Uzo Oleh's Edicius. It's swiftly directed, sophisticated, cerebral,...

I was not prepared for where The Long Goodbye took me. Aneil Karia's chronicles Riz Ahmed's confrontation with racism in...

I was very taken aback by Olmo Omerzu's short film, The Last Day of Patriarchy. It will, no doubt, cause a...

The phrase, 'boys will be boys' has transformed greatly over the last decade or so, and it rings in your...

When it comes to Live Action Short Film, you can never count out stories that revolve around or include children...

In this batch of short films, there are many characters who are seeking forgiveness but also some that are trying...

When you are in drama school, the most common directive you receive is 'let yourself go.' You have to get...

I haven't been able to get the images of Christopher Oroza-Nostas' stunning short film, Savior, out of my head. Clocking...

American audiences are used to the time loop movie. Groundhog Day set the standard so distinctly that every movie that...