The Guest

Directed by Ayappa K.M. this is an interesting short film that feels like the beginning of a film. That, unfortunately is a double-edged sword. One one hand you start on a promising note for a film and at he same time, you are left too soon with too little and wanting more. Other stuff is ok...technically sound, performances decent, music and camera work ok too.

Lallan Miya says, "hamaari begum ko ek badi buri aadat hai....jab hum office se nikalte waqt dinner mein kya hai? yeh sawaal unse karte hai...to badi buildup ke saath woh kehti hai...jaldi aao...tumhaara favourite shaam se banaa rahi hu...wagairah waigarah...lekin yeh nahi bataati ki saala bana kya hai...curiosity kills me"


Idhar Dekho:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpAfwZVzxBc

Pidge

Directed by Renee Zhan, this short is about a suicidal pigeon who represents each and everyone of us in some part if not the whole. The short film is brilliantly narrated by Larkin Mccan and the writing never fails to bring up surprising and clever twists. Engaging and funny.

Lallan Miya says, "tuta tuta ek parinda aisa tuta...ki sab ko hassa dega...very dark comedy ...dekho dekho"

Idhar Dekho: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/12/15/pidge/

Girl in Red

Saurabh Varma directs this thriller based on another short film called Gutthi. Yes you got that right...so now short films are being refurbished too. While this blog does not deal with the dirth of content, I had to mention this. coming back to Girl in Red, too long for the story because of long indulgent shots, very bollywood camera work- foregrounding, frame softening etc, dialogue delivery is trying to hard to be street. Many shots of the semi-naked girl repeated unnecessarily- overcompensating for the lack lustre in the story I presume.

Lallan Miya says, "bhai short film based on another short film?...bandar pe bandar uspe bandar...kya monkey balance hai!!"

Idhar Dekho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNVHiQk0Cc

World Wide Woven Bodies

Norwegian director Truls Krane Meby tells us this awkward coming-of-age story set in the early days of dial-up internet. The narrative deals with a teenagers' journey into adulthood and how the internet changes his relationship with other members in his family. The treatment is slow making the film a bit longer than it needs to be.

Lallan Miya says, "badhiya cheez hai yeh internet ...jab pehli baar hamein mili toh samjho woh saare sawaal jo hum kisise nahi poonch sakte the un sab ke jawab mil gaye...aur kai baar mar bhi mili"


Idhar Dekho: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/12/06/world-wide-woven-bodies-2/

Life's a Bitch

Director Francoius Jaros managed to stack up 95 scenes(I haven's counted) in a 6 min short. Screenplay written by Guillaume Lambert is a long rom com prescis written. To me, the feat of accomodating these many cuts in a short film is the only highlight of the film. the rest of the story is predictible.

Lallan Miya says, "ek baar hamaare saale miya ki motor bike pe hum 4 log baith ke poore mahulle mein ghume 4 chakkar....world cup jo jeete the..."

Idhar Dekho: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/09/05/lifes-a-bitch/

New about this: Life’s a Bitch screened at both Sundance and Telluride film festivals in 2014