An American fisherman smuggles two Cuban citizens into America. Their trip back to the Miami shore takes a dark turn when a mysterious fourth person joins their party.
Category Archives: Shorts
SATURDAY SHORT: OLD MAN (2012)
After not reaching out to the public for two decades, Charles Manson contacted Marlin Marynick to make a film. He wanted to be dressed up as a general, and call the world to war against pollution. The idea couldn’t be approved by the prison system, so Marlin recorded several conversations with Manson instead. This short features a segment of one of those conversations with the accompaniment of weird animator Leah Shore.
CONTENT WARNING: This short contains language and strong animated violence.
SATURDAY SHORT: THE OWL MAN (2015)
Robbie Johnstone, director of The Broken Flute (2012), turns his lens to the wilderness and captures footage of the extraordinary Owl Man.
SATURDAY SHORT: FIND THE TRUTH (2015)
Police are in search of the Newspaper Bandit who has been spotted in the backstreets of Nakano.
360 film is a more immersive film style which allows viewers to look around while the film is playing out. For those who are new to it, the experience itself could be considered quite weird. However, it has taken a while for one to surface that was just weird enough to fit alongside the rest of the short films we’ve highlighted here.
If this is your first time watching a 360 film, be sure to follow the instructions at the beginning, or it may not work properly.
SATURDAY SHORT: BLOOD DIARY (2015)
Min Liu took on the challenge of animating a black, white, and red gif each day for 100 days. Some focus on the mundane while the majority delve into the abstract.