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Cotton Wool, the award-winning short film about young carers, heads to Amazon Prime Video

16th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Writer-director Nicholas Connor’s short film about young carers, Cotton Wool, is now available on Amazon Prime Video – and it has a new trailer, which you can watch below. In the film, a single mother (Leanne Best) suffers a devastating stroke, leaving her teenage daughter (Katherine Quinn) and 7-year-old son (Max Vento) to care for… Cotton Wool, the award-winning short film about young carers, heads to Amazon Prime Video Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film News, Trailers Tagged With: AAA, amazon, cotton wool, short film, stroke, young carers

I AM PILATE short debuting April 5th – watch the trailer now

27th March 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

It’s the newest film in Four8’s “I AM” series, which aims to reintroduce biblical characters in timeless settings, exploring their individual journeys and humanising their experience. Four8 Productions are launching the short film on their YouTube channel on April 5th, with a broadcast on London Live on April 12 as part of the channel’s Easter… I AM PILATE short debuting April 5th – watch the trailer now Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Trailers Tagged With: AAA, easter, i am pilate, jesus, short film

Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience

9th May 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“Kubrick says it in the film, it’s an abstraction and people don’t process it. How do you deal with the idea that the world could end?” Matt Wells has just made his second short film about Stanley Kubrick: Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb. You can see it in cinemas with the new 4k restoration of Dr Strangelove or:… Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience Read More

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: dr strangelove, nuclear war, park circus, short film, stanley kubrick

INTERVIEW: How to make An American Piano, set in Japan, by two Aussies – Hamish Downie & Paul Leeming

23rd February 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“You could say that the descendants of old enemies came together to make this film – which is part of our message.” Hamish Downie, writer and producer of An American Piano. Paul Leeming and Hamish Downie, the director and writer/producer of An American Piano, both lived in Japan for several years (Hamish still does). Their… INTERVIEW: How to make An American Piano, set in Japan, by two Aussies – Hamish Downie & Paul Leeming Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: an american piano, classical music, Japan, piano, POW, prisoner of war, short film, true story, ww2

Not lost in translation – director Barnabás Tóth on his Oscar-shortlisted short “Chuchotage”

9th February 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

The short film Chuchotage lets us glimpse a world I haven’t seen before on film, that of on-the-spot interpreting. It’s a buoyant comedy, with terrific central performances from Géza Takács and Pál Göttinger as two bored translators stuck in the interpreting booth at a European white goods conference. Shortlisted for this year’s live action short… Not lost in translation – director Barnabás Tóth on his Oscar-shortlisted short “Chuchotage” Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: Barnabás Tóth, chuchotage, film director, Géza Takács, interpreting, oscars, Pál Göttinger, short film, Susotázs, translation

Lost & Found (Short Film) Short Film 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th January 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Of course I’m not crying, I’ve just stabbed myself in the eye with a crochet hook. But you may be more emotional than me, in which case I would recommend you find something to dab your eyes with (not wool, you know how that gets when it’s wet) before watching the gorgeous, witty and heartbreaking… Lost & Found (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: crochet, dinosaur, fox, knitted toys, love, oscars, self-sacrifice, short film

My Animated Chat With Director Peter Peake On New Film ‘Take Rabbit’, Riddles, & Oscar Madness

12th June 2018 by Sarah Cartland 2 Comments

Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated director Peter Peake is back with Take Rabbit, an animated short film based on the well-known riddle about transporting a fox, a rabbit and a cabbage across a river, one at a time, without leaving one in danger of being eaten by another while you go back for the last one. I… My Animated Chat With Director Peter Peake On New Film ‘Take Rabbit’, Riddles, & Oscar Madness Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: aardman, amelia bullmore, animation, bafta, matt berry, oscar, oscars, peter peake, pib and pog, riddles, short film, stephen graham, steve pemberton, take rabbit

Take Rabbit Trailer (But Don’t Forget To Take The Fox & The Talking Cabbage Either)

10th June 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

*** Check out my 4-star review of Take Rabbit now & my interview with director Peter Peake *** This animated short film is charming to look at and caustic to listen to, as the Man rows a talking rabbit, talking fox and talking cabbage separately across the river. After years avoiding the problems and issues… Take Rabbit Trailer (But Don’t Forget To Take The Fox & The Talking Cabbage Either) Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: AAA, animation, peter peake, short film, talking animals, talking cabbage

Life And The Art Of Lying (Short Film) Short Film 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

8th June 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“Fuck you Charlie, fuck you!” screams Mara, a young woman finally able to admit her feelings for Charlie, but who has just been blindsided by a huge secret Charlie has been keeping from her. Our first sympathies are always with Charlie of course, who has found out her cancer has turned, an illness she has… Life And The Art Of Lying (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: cancer, cancer treatment, queer relationships, short film

Six Degrees & Kevin Bacon: The Making Of Short Film “Entrance No Exit”

8th June 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

*** Check out my Entrance No Exit cast & crew interviews *** It’s a mysterious, extraordinary entity, a technological marvel that somehow becomes a repository for our heaviest baggage. Yes, I’m talking about Fiat 500s. Oh and film. 1. CHARIOTS OF FIRE Never was this shown so clearly than when I waited at the station with three actors to… Six Degrees & Kevin Bacon: The Making Of Short Film “Entrance No Exit” Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles, Support Indie Film Tagged With: entrance no exit, extra, film set, filming, indie film, jo southwell, planes, rehearsals, short film

Entrance No Exit For Cast & Crew With My Q&As…

8th June 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Director Jo Southwell managed to quickly crowdfund then pull together a full team for her short film Entrance No Exit. (You can read my diary of my time as an extra on the shoot here). I spoke to Jo and some of her cast and crew about their experiences and how they got into the… Entrance No Exit For Cast & Crew With My Q&As… Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: ash li, cinematography, dani nahouri, director, dirk nel, dop, focus puller, jo southwell, michelle fahrenheim, nadia lamin, philip ridout, short film, women in film

Message Received (short film) Short Film 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

28th August 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Sometimes, keeping your friends close and your enemies closer may not be up to you. You know how I love to start a review with a pithy quote from the film? That’s a bit tricky with short film Message Received as there is almost no spoken dialogue in it (literally about two words). But somehow… Message Received (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: best director, broken box films, cuny film festival, david chin, message received, short film, stephen herman, student film festival

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