THE CHANGELING **** Canada 2019 Dir: David Hamelin, Neil MacDonald. 5 mins Although it is burdened by a title that will immediately ensure confusion with the other dozen or so films (short and full-length) also called either CHANGELING or THE CHANGELING, this concise Canadian horror short from Outpost 31 Media…
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EYES OPEN **** Canada 2019 Dir: Jawed J.S. 6 mins This offbeat Canadian short is from the promising filmmaker behind ENDING and EYES OPEN (both also from 2019), and pivots around an impressively committed performance from Angela Bell as the only character in the story. A sense of simmering menace…
DARK BEFORE DAWN: CONVOY *** Canada 2019 Dir: Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski. 6 mins This is the 10th and final episode of a Canadian web series from early 2019 depicting the collapse of society. If you’ve seen the preceding nine, this might have extra value – but coming in cold,…
EILID + DAMH **** Canada 2019 Dir: Neil Cavalier. 11 mins Co-written by actress Vivien Endicott Douglas and director Neil Cavalier, here’s an evocative character-driven exercise in unease with two strong female leads. Following the collapse of a relationship, Charlie (played by Vivien Endicott Douglas) reunites with her younger sister…
PEEL ** Canada 2019 Dir: Jack Grundy. 4 mins A man returns home from the grocery store and sits down to scroll through his phone. Suddenly, a glass bowl full of bananas falls off of his counter and onto the floor. He cuts himself picking up the glass and is…