Independent (Short) Film Appreciation

2010 ~ 2011 // onwards Experience the joys of short films! IFA Presidents: Aimee & Nikki Secretary: Bonny Please notify if there are dead links, thanks!

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Filippo Baraccani | The Approximate Present

“Chaos: When the present determines the future but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.”

A short animated film about the weather – inspired and informed by chaos theory and Lorenz attractors, romantic landscape paintings and the minimalist polygonal look of early computer simulations.

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Twin brothers take a trip in the forest.

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John Cody Kim | Steadfast Stanley Stanley the Pembroke Welsh Corgi is left behind in the break of an apocalypse. All he wants to do is get back to his owner...

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John and Kyle Do Everything - a short comedy following two best friends as they fight to complete their to-do list of everything in the world. A passion project and thesis film from two New York comedians and aspiring writers. You will be hooked within the first two minutes. 

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Myosis

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Joanna Quinn | Dream and Desires: Family Ties

I can't get enough of her animation style!

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Joanna Quinn | Britannia

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Zhang Yuan 張元  |  A Bed Affair 《床上关系》

A really good one. It starts as a comedy and then unexpectedly made me tear up at the end. You don't necessarily need to understand Mandarin to know what's happening :)

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"This is a story about two strangers that won't be strangers anymore"

The short film was shot this summer without any budget and just with a three people crew. It show us a unique point of view about relationship and friendship using the story of two girls.

It's vaguely inspired in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive and it has some movie references like: Beasts of the southern Wild, Taxi Driver, Up in the Air...

Hope you like it!

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KARA

I know this is a trailer, but it makes for a good short film, so I've decided to post it here.

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I am SO, SO EXCITED to share my SVA thesis film at long last!!!!! This is what I spent most of the past year working on. It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever made, and I still couldn’t have done it without the help and support of a bunch of really awesome people. I strongly recommend watching it in HD and I hope you like it a lot! :)

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Chris de Krijger | NIET BUIGEN (DON'T BOW)

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"Theories" By: Samantha Eubanks 

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"The Thing in your Eye."  By: Samantha Eubanks  www.youtube.com/SamEu37

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hey guys!  I'm Chiara & this is my second short film which i made at the new york film academy last summer. Even though it wasn't that easy for all of us, given that it is indeed only our second short film, the whole crew had so much fun doing it so i decided to post it :) And we would be really happy if you posted our film! However, as i said it was only our second film so yeah. I really hope you like it! Also, there is no dialogue since we were told to concentrate on the shots.

We made several other films since then but some of them are still in progress. 

Thanks :)

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A Change of Expression

Directed by Sean Mannion

Featuring Kitty Ostapowicz

"Crystal Migraine" by Glass Candy (www.myspace.com/glasscandy) (from the Vimeo Music Store)

Juxtaposition of a woman performing for the camera and her actual mood. Created for Vimeo Weekend Challenge Scavenger Hunt (find all the scavenger hunt items in it: a shadow, two of the same thing, a plant, a change of expression, a foot, something flying, weather, something falling, and a gesture). Shot in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. 

Created for the Weekend Challenge: vimeo.com/groups/weekendchallenge

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Metatron, a short horror film, written and directed by Sean Mannion

In a box of her recently deceased father's possessions Ashley (Sarah Schoofs) discovers a recording from the final concert of 70s Prog-Rock band The Metatron. Ashley and her roommate Jackie (Ashley Jordan) play the tape only to find that it contains the final tragic moments of the concert, during which the band and over 200 people drowned. After Jackie uncovers a story about the band having summoned and consumed an angel to improve their musical prowess the two women receive an unexpected visitor. 

Premiered 10/30/13 at Indie Work's special Halloween screening (congestedcat.com/indieworks/).

Written & Directed by Sean Mannion (sean-mannion.com)

Produced by Katie Carman-Lehach (katiecarman.com) & Jessica Mannion

Starring Sarah Schoofs (sarahschoofs.com), Ashley Jordan, & Kitty Ostapowicz

Music: Right Behind You by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)