Why Watch? An elderly man struggles to shuffle home, he feeds a cat before petting him sweetly, and then he unwraps his turban to reveal what’s been done to him. This short film from Yaz Rabadi is shot gorgeously even though its subject matter is grisly and slightly difficult to watch. With crisp visuals, the harshness is delivered without flinching or prying the act from a pedestal. Raw and crystal clear, it leaves us and the old man with a stark decision: to compromise who we are and what we believe in for a sliver of safety, or to face the next day bruised but ready for the hardness of scar tissue. Naturally it’s made all the more harrowing because of its echo in the real world. This movie is fiction, but the story it’s sharing is not. What Will It Cost? About 5 minutes A New Short Film Every Weekday...
- 9/30/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The 2013 Soho Film Fest took place between April 5th to April 12th at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in Soho, New York. The fourth year in existence, the Soho Film Fest celebrates all types of filmmakers- from pros to amateurs and anything in between- to help promote the arts and the works of filmmakers everywhere. Anything from 2 minute shorts to full length feature films are shown, and it doesn’t matter who made them since all are shown to get the passion of filmmaking out throughout the world.
The following shorts and films were shown:
A Second Thought: Choice Skinner directed the 2 minute silent short, about a man’s encounter with a woman.
King Tigermore in Strawberry Fields: Tunde Reid-Kapo directed the 3 minute short, which is about a eight year who fell asleep during a chest match to find himself in another world.
Dance of the Books: directed by Lorena Fernandez,...
The following shorts and films were shown:
A Second Thought: Choice Skinner directed the 2 minute silent short, about a man’s encounter with a woman.
King Tigermore in Strawberry Fields: Tunde Reid-Kapo directed the 3 minute short, which is about a eight year who fell asleep during a chest match to find himself in another world.
Dance of the Books: directed by Lorena Fernandez,...
- 4/15/2013
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
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