Indie Shorts Mag
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Indie Shorts Mag caters to filmmakers and cinephiles alike as a medium to connect over their common passion beyond the confines of any language. Besides hosting reviews, interviews, tutorials, and news related to short films, indie films, foreign-language films & festivals; they also work around the web series and music videos circuit.
Indie Shorts Mag
4d ago
The teaser to Kevin Cate’s Identical is a 5-minute scene that ends with the viewer scrambling to find the rest. Written by Blake Sennett, it is a thrilling scene that deliberately withholds explanation in favour of questions, setting up a promising adventure with visuals a la Euphoria. Ty (Ayesha), Zeke (Owen Correll), and Lucy (Roula ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
4d ago
Ervis Zika’s The PAntry is a seven-minute paranormal horror film that follows a dark chapter in a woman’s relationship with her home. Working with the most minimal setup—an actor, a mask, some lights, and one location—the film is noteworthy for its building tropes of dread with so little. Sina-Valeska Jung plays Emily, a woman alone ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
1w ago
Lights, Camera, Type! In the ever-evolving world of filmmaking, the right tools can make all the difference between a blockbuster and a flop. But who says you need to break the bank to write the next Oscar-winning screenplay? Grab your popcorn and settle in as we explore five fantastic free screenwriting software options that’ll have ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
1w ago
Weston Porter’s Line of Fire works as well as it does because of its cast. A story of two teenagers stuck in the vortex of small town stagnancy, abusive parents, and hypermasculine violence, it sees them negotiate with being forced to conform or die. So pervasive and inescapable is the web that even a bid ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
1w ago
In the vibrant world of cinematography, few stories are as compelling as that of Chris Wu. From the streets of Chengdu, China, to the glittering lights of Hollywood, Wu’s journey is a testament to the power of passion and perseverance. As a cinematographer and steadicam operator, Wu has quickly made a name for himself in ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
2w ago
Emma Grey Rose’s super short experimental film Lucid is exactly one minute long, and succinctly illustrates the experience of the loss of love. There is a muted sense of urgency, as though the exhaustion of fighting heartbreak is giving way to numbness. There are no dialogues, unless you count the automated voice machine’s sterile pronouncement ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
2w ago
Zachary Karem’s sci-fi Anemoia explores nostalgia for times other than these, theirs, ours. A true example of the allure of greener grass, the film illustrates just how romantic everything we do not have can look. But to think of it as finger wagging in that direction would be to miss recognizing the loneliness of being ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
3w ago
Kama Sood’s 11-minute My David, a thriller drama, mixes pity and suspicion into an uncanny hour of socialising between a young delivery man and an old woman alone at home. Sood does not attempt with any particular zealousness to veil that the man may be overstating the urgency—or legitimacy, for that matter—of paying “overdue shipment ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
1M ago
Chris Wu, the director and cinematographer behind Emde’s Lost All Care music video, adds the right kind of stylisation to the lyrics’ despair with slick, glossy visuals featuring Emde as a young woman in the middle of a crisis. A blend of hip hop and soul, the song articulates a cry for help. The shots ..read more
Indie Shorts Mag
1M ago
Perhaps one of the finest shorts to come out this year, Director/editor Arón Holden’s Dear Imelda set in a bucolic countryside of Ireland, explores the relationship between the eponymous Imelda (Rosemary Henderson) and her unwelcome grandson Ciaran (Declan Curran). That he is unwelcome becomes evident right from the opening scene, but the hilarity of the ..read more