- Minka Farthing-Kohl’s seven-minute Stray Dogs is a very strange short about a very strange summer day. It follows “Frank,” whose mundane wait at the bus stop turns into something much more dramatic when a distraught woman asks to borrow his phone. Much of the film feels like a very obvious Tarantino knockoff, but there’s enough originality to keep it interesting – particularly the ending, which makes the whole thing worth it. Check it out here.
- For anyone who’s ever had a obnoxious upstairs neighbor, Tim Bierbaum’s two-and-a-half-minute Everyone’s Upstairs Neighbor will certainly hit home. It’s a mock-dock about what’s really going on when it sounds like the folks above you are rolling bowling balls across their floor, among other things. The script is clever, the pacing is just right, and the visual gags are laugh-out-loud funny. See the film here.
- Wolf at the Door, a one-and-a-half-minute short by Blair Cosby, is dark, heavy-handed, and actually slightly traumatizing. It tells the tale of a little boy who goes to great lengths to protect his mother. Though Cosby obviously knows his way around a camera and knows just how to build suspense, the subject matter he’s chosen – and the way he approaches it – is unsettling. Still, the short is worth a watch, and it can be found here.
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