directed by Daisy Jacobs/ Tensions arise between two brothers as their elderly mother requires more care. “I was having brunch with my mum back at home, and all of a sudden I got loads and loads of messages on my phone. I just thought that I must have been nominated, because my phone really went […]
Archives for February 2015
A Single Life
directed by Joris Oprins, Job Roggeveen, Marieke Blaauw/ A mysterious vinyl single gives a young woman the power to move back and forth through the years of her life. “While we were sitting in the student room listening to a record, the record skipped, and the idea struck us that it could have been us […]
Short Films at the Oscars 2015
Oscar Nominated Short Films Featured in Go Film Magazine The third annual ‘Short Films at the Oscars’ issue from Go Film Magazine features 12 of the 87th Academy Award nominated shorts. February 2015 Go Film Magazine once again brings the short films at the Oscars into focus with unparalleled coverage of the 87th Academy Awards […]
Funeral
directed by Alejandro Bonilla/ A group of young slackers talk about their pleasure in watching car accidents as a hobby, they also remember the day they met one of the accidents victim. “I’m 25 now and I really appreciated those moments where I really didn’t have to care for achieving anything in particular, I was […]
La Terre Brûlée
directed by Julien Meynet/ Story of a young washerwoman and a wounded man, at the end of the 18 Th century in the Island of Corsica. “The main character of the story is a young washer-woman. I’m not sure why I chose her to be the center of the story, but I just had a […]
Preparation
directed by Tyron Janse van Vuuren/ Inspired by Heath Ledger‘s preparation to play the role of the Joker, this short film tells the story of Kingsley Bell, a Hollywood actor who isolates himself in a hotel room for six weeks to prepare to play a psychotic comic book villain in an upcoming blockbuster film.The film […]
Sunny
directed by Barbara Ott/ Young 19-year-old Hajo wrestles with caring for his 6-month-old son and finding both work and his role of being a father. “I became a mother myself when I was in the middle of my studies. It was great to become a mother, which was something I’d always wished for. The first […]
15 Summers Later
directed by Pedro Collantes/ Everyone needs time to heal and regain balance – some longer than others. “Everyone goes through it at some point, especially in one’s teenage years. I thought it would be really funny to play the part of someone who has held on to a crush for fifteen years, this irrational, romantic […]
Qual Queijo Você Que
directed by Cíntia Domit Bittar/ A simple request – Could you bring me some cheese from the store? – triggers a relationship discussion between an old couple. “The fear of getting old or dying without fulfilling dreams, from the simplest to the most complex dreams, is universal.” – Cíntia Domit Bittar, Director of Qual Queijo […]
No Kissing
directed by Manuel Arija de la Cuerda/ Two strangers on their first date. They have never seen each other. But they will never forget each other. “When we started shooting that afternoon, I was taking the role of cameraman as well as director, which I don’t normally do. I started to move the camera and […]