Child’s Play (1980)
September 1, 2010 – 1:00 am | View Comments

Child’s Play or An American Short Story is a short film released in the United States in 1980. The atmosphere of the film can easily be compared with some of the earliest adaptations of the books of Stephen King while, at the same time, the story is told in a manner not much different than one would expect to find in the tales of Hans Christian Anderson.

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Child’s Play (1980)
September 1, 2010 – 1:00 am | View Comments
Child’s Play (1980)

Child’s Play or An American Short Story is a short film released in the United States in 1980. The atmosphere of the film can easily be compared with some of the earliest adaptations of the books of Stephen King while, at the same time, the story is told in a manner not much different than one would expect to find in the tales of Hans Christian Anderson.

Cregan
July 23, 2010 – 6:48 pm | View Comments
Cregan

Cregan is a British short film released in 2007. Filmed in the UK and Ireland, it stars Ciaran Flynn and is directed by Stephen North.

Sting (2007)
July 14, 2010 – 12:27 am | View Comments
Sting (2007)

Sting (also known as Stikk ) is a short coming of age film from Norway. Written and directed by Vigdis Nielsen the film focuses on bullying. The film reveals the nature of the events that occur in the schoolyard which, while not reflected by the official records, are part of the daily life at most high schools.

Marry Me (2008)
June 5, 2010 – 11:35 pm | View Comments
Marry Me (2008)

Marry Me is a heartwarming short story written and directed by Michelle Lehman. It tells the story of a young girl who has a crush on a boy and is determined to marry him.

Gotcha (1991)
May 27, 2010 – 3:53 am | View Comments
Gotcha (1991)

A good portrayal of the coming of age story of twelve-year-old Marco – full of mischievous behavior and harmless pranks on the people around him.

Traumzähler (Dream Counter)(2001)
May 19, 2010 – 2:30 am | View Comments
Traumzähler (Dream Counter)(2001)

It’s a little bit more than 15 minutes in length. Short films are tough to make and tough to review as the Director has a limited time to express his ideas and the viewer has …

Wanted (1994)
May 6, 2010 – 6:14 pm | View Comments
Wanted (1994)

Short films are essential for the coming of age genre which is why they have their own category in the coming of age movie awards. Commonly most good short productions are filmed either in the Scandinavian region or UK and the film I am going to review now is not an exception.

Min far er bokser
October 25, 2009 – 10:45 pm | View Comments
Min far er bokser

Min far er bokser (My Dad Is a Champ) is a short film directed by Morten Giese.  What drew me initially to this Scandinavian short film was the fact that Frederik Christian Johansen stars in …

Patrick – a new short film by Luke Snellin
October 6, 2009 – 8:40 pm | View Comments
Patrick – a new short film by Luke Snellin

Once you make an award winning short film – are you going to keep on and make another one ? The answer to this question is Yes for Luke Snellin, whose name you may remember from my …

Mixtape (2009)
September 27, 2009 – 11:18 pm | View Comments
Mixtape (2009)

Ever since Bill Milner appeared in the Son of Rambow — his acting talent earned him worldwide recognition as one of the best young actors.  Of course, that affected my blog too - where you can …

The Pilot’s Tale
September 24, 2009 – 10:42 pm | View Comments
The Pilot’s Tale

Even if I watch and review a lot of films – sometimes I stumble upon a title or an actor which are well known to the general audience – yet unknown to me. That is …

Ahmed
September 17, 2009 – 7:54 pm | View Comments
Ahmed

Ahmed – can a person change his fate

There are many good short films  scattered around the net – discovering and watching them always turns into true challenge . One of this films is Ahmed – …