All-In Short goes 'All In' For action packed short

What happens when your true love needs rescued and she's been held by a ruthless crime boss, so what do you do? Fight your way in, kick every one's ass! In Tyler Williams All-In short film that's what happens but we didn't mention to you he's MMA fighter!

A struggling fighter faces long odds as he takes on a gambling den of criminals in an attempt to rescue his true love from the clutches of a ruthless crime boss.

After a fairly successful run on the festival circuit Williams 10 minute short film All-In is now available online to watch  plenty of action, nice few camera shots to make it worthwile a look.


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Extortion Rears its Evil Claw In The Short for Larry Cohen's The Worst

 You wonder when you here in Dr.Pepper TV what's the worst that can happen?In the short film The Worst, it's leaving your bag and mobile on the metro train. Ryan (Britt Lower) was in a bewildered state when she reached her stopped without thinking  she got off but left her bag and mobile on the train. Whilst her night might be going downhill an off duty worker Nick (Dean Winters) maybe a shining night in armour and get Ryan's bag back but for a price...$200 (£175).

The Worst delivers a solid well balanced 15 minute film delivering a balanced genre film with drama, comedy even a little action. If you ever wondered what it's like when a person finds themselves at the lowest ever point, distressed,lost easily manipulated, The Worst delivers with precision.

Synopsis

Ryan had a bad night. Her phone is dead. And in a moment of indecision, she just left everything on the F train. Desperate, she turns to Nick, an off-duty MTA worker of suspect morals. The two strangers enter into a contentious deal to chase down the subway, before it vanishes with Ryan’s luggage and any chance of her getting home. What's the worst that can happen?

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Love is Bittersweet In Slamdance Turtles Short

Love is a bittersweet affair but in Ian Wittenber's Turtles Short it's also an funny absurd might just make a heart broken person smile. Back in January the short film played in front of Grand Dury Prize Winner The Dirties, a story delivered in the style of a mock documentary which you could say love works in mysterious ways most of all absurd ways. Its a charming little film which will only take up 8 minutes of your life, not much to say about it apart from watch and enjoy!


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Watch The Atmospheric Indie Short The Devoured

 The Devoured is a slick atmospheric short indie horror from Wes Palmer and Zach Bokhour which was all made with the grand budget of $100 (£78)!

The Devoured is about a young man who is convinced his house is haunted and approaches a businessman who has a set of unusual associates who can get rid of those spirits.

It's a simple story and a another fine example of getting the best out of what you've got and despite glitches here and there The Devoured is a honest tension layered short film.

Sundance 2013: Watch Selection Of Sundance Film Festival Short Films

 Let's be honest there's fantastic film festivals around the world we all love to attend but for various reasons we cannot attend. One of those festivals here at Cinehouse(& The Peoples Movies) we would love to attend is the Sundance Film Festival which kicked of its 2013 festival just a few days ago but now you can enjoy a little bit of the festival from the comfort of your home.

Launched on the opening day of the festival (17th) the Screening Room at Youtube has been launched in conjunction with the festival to showcase 12 of the short films been screened in shorts strand. Sundance received over 100 submissions with 65 films been chosen further evidence of how peoples perceptions for short films have changed over the past few years. Virtually every big film festival now has a short film strand and here at cinehouse we know the quality has been improving, the importance of the films, the passport for up and coming filmmakers to enter into feature films.

I've included a few of those short films below  and had a quick look at them, they are dark and twisted like Guillermo Arriaga's (Babel) Broken Night. Nothing better for a lazy sunday chilling out to films, so hy not short films? After watching the films below you can watch even more heading over to The Screening Room here.








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Experience The Realities of War in The WW1 Short "Coward"

Some friends ask me why do continually promote , support short films? My simple answer was to quote Michael Fassbender's line from Prometheus 'Big things have small beginnings' great films, filmmakers all start small developing into either fully fledged films or feature film directors. You could say Short films are like the equivalent of a singer starting at the bottom working there up the ladder of success through the club circuit waiting to be spotted. As technology improves so does the quality of the short film and David Roddham's Coward is an perfect example superb craftsmanship and why we should take time out to enjoy these wonderful films.

Coward is a sentimental throwback to World War One to a sensitive topic among those experienced the atrocities of the war the brutal treatment of the soldiers especially the soldiers with shell shock. We follow 2 Northern Irish soldiers Andrew and James cousins who go to war to serve country and make their families proud. Through their eyes we see the brutal realities of been on the front,tragic tale these young men need a voice someone to tell their story to show they where not cowards.

From the epic cinematography to a solid story line that gives these brave men the respect they always deserves, Coward is one of the best  28 minutes you'll enjoy in 2013.


"COWARD" from Stephen Murphy on Vimeo.
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Watch The Full Short Text Tone

 A few days ago we previewed the official trailer for Chicago based film maker Sanicole's new Short film Text Tone and now we have the full 12 minute film for your viewing pleasure.

Text Tone is a Drama comedy After dodging his girlfriend to avoid meeting her father on their 6 month anniversary, the young lover wakes up to discover he is mute and must resort to winning his girlfriend back with extraordinary gestures.

The film stars Corey Williams and Ashley Snow, enjoy!

Six months into a blossoming relationship, Corey (Corey Williams) receives a text from his girlfriend Snow (Ashley Snow) about meeting her father for the first time. Nervous about the meeting and struggling to communicate his affection for her, he resorts to ignoring her calls and texts. On the night of the dinner with her father, he doesn't show. The next morning, he checks his voicemail, listening on as adistraught and frustrated Snow admonishes him. Before ending the message she tells him he's lost the right to speak to her and wants nothing to do with him. When he attempts to explain himself in a voicemail, he finds that he can't speak. Mute and rejected, Corey exasperates all avenues to finally show her how he feels and try to win her back. Written and Directed By Sanicole (@Sanicole) Starring Corey Williams (@Corey_Demon) and Ashley Snow (@OfficialAshSnow)

Watch Terry Gilliam's Short The Wholly Family

Missing something? A big gap in your cinematic life anything to do with a certain one Terry Gilliam? Probably. whilst we wait for The Zero Theorem to arrive later this year or early next year the ex-Monty Python member back in 2011 had been busy making a 20 minute short called The Wholly Family for Italian pasta company Garofalo. Set in the company's home town of Naples the short film is part of an annual series to promote the city starring Cristiana Capotondi, Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli. The film is full of Gilliam's trademark, visual, fantastical storytelling  but most of humor, the film has been playing at various European film festivals with best short film at European Film Awards and now the film is available online in its full glory.

BlizzardKid Shorts Award 2012 - The Wholly Family from BlizzardKid on Vimeo.

A crowded street in Naples city center, plenty of shops selling presepi. A wealthy American couple and Jake, their 10 years-old child, try to push their way through the crowd. While husband and wife argue which street to take, the boy is unwillingly separated from them.

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Watch Dan Sachar's Full Overture Post Apocalyptic Short

April 2011 we brought you the trailer for Dan Sachar's  short Overture an Israeli post apocalyptic film which has been playing festivals and now just before the film arrives in Sundance festival this month, the full short is available online in its full glory.

32 minutes long Overture is  set in a post Apocalyptic dying world were a man a lone survivor lost in the dying world struggles to connect the pieces from his scavenging as well as the repressed memories. Out of the blue a young woman appears in his desolate forest who is intent that the man will face his past along with the fate fit to suit what he did in the past.

Been a fan of the post apocalyptic films Overture does look like something John Hillcoat (The Road) even Lar Von Trier would direct. This is captivating and with the minimal dialogue it really expands the loneliness, terrifying the world can be


Overture from Dan Sachar on Vimeo.

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Watch Trailer for Short Film Text Tone

Despite our advances in film technology sadly the lack of female filmmakers especially black female filmmakers but thankfully independent film making still has belief in filmmakers. Here at cinehouse we try our best to support all film makers recognizing the talent rather than the persons race or gender one of those talent individuals is Chicago based Sanicole who has sent us the trailer for her new film.

entitled Text Tone a Drama comedy After dodging his girlfriend to avoid meeting her father on their 6 month anniversary, the young lover wakes up to discover he is mute and must resort to winning his girlfriend back with extraordinary gestures

Enjoy the trailer, once we have the full film we will update this page. Just remember if your a fellow cinephile support the talent, the film don't judge purely on the filmmakers gender or ethnicity.

Six months into a blossoming relationship, Corey (Corey Williams) receives a text from his girlfriend Snow (Ashley Snow) about meeting her father for the first time. Nervous about the meeting and struggling to communicate his affection for her, he resorts to ignoring her calls and texts. On the night of the dinner with her father, he doesn't show. The next morning, he checks his voicemail, listening on as a
distraught and frustrated Snow admonishes him. Before ending the message she tells him he's lost the right to speak to her and wants nothing to do with him. When he attempts to explain himself in a voicemail, he finds that he can't speak. Mute and rejected, Corey exasperates all avenues to finally show her how he feels and try to win her back. Written and Directed By Sanicole (@Sanicole) Starring Corey Williams (@Corey_Demon) and Ashley Snow (@OfficialAshSnow)

Hi Ho Willy! Watch Animated Penis Western Short - The Willies- Wanted Melody

Before you start climbing on the moral high horse demanding I wash my mouth out with soap, this is not porn or anything sexually explicit apart from all the characters are all penis! It's time to marvel in the animated short of The Willies: Wanted Melody by Paul Jaulmes and Boris Croise. These French animators are attempting to create a series of shorts in a number of genres with all the characters penises! They need your support and you can support them through the indiegogo so they can create those other genres then releasing everything online!

Below we actually have one of the shorts based on a Western, but if they get the funding you can expect world of pirates, horror even a musical! For Wanted Melody it's not the size that matters it's what you do with it and in this way its create great little animated short films!

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"Is There Anyone There?" Yes Robin Kasparik's Short Seance

Finally here at Cinehouse we're starting to post more great short films and we don't show many non English shorts but things are changing with this new film Seance. Hailing from Czech Republic, directed by Robin Kasparik Seance is award winning short horror about three people, who are trying to find the fortune of a deceased baroness through a spiritualistic seance. But things will go a bit differently than they planned.

Seance has a veil of macabre very traditional supernatural horror but with a big Gothic feel too, this is how old fashioned ghost stories would have been like. Maybe not Edgar Allan Poe but I'm sure Poe would have smiled after watching this.


Seance from Robin Kasparik on Vimeo.

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Watch The Action Packed Sci-Fi Short Memorize

Whilst we may not always give the credit CGI deserves, Jimmy Eriksson and Eric Ramberg's action packed sci-fi short Memorize proves the technology has a few beneficial tricks up it's sleeve. If your opposed Identity cards with chips in them containing everything you need to know about yourself (good & bad) , in Memorize 15 years from now we'll all have chips embedded into our necks!

In 2027 The SSU - Special Surveillance Unit track all our moves to make sure no crime is committed, Earth is simply a Police state. When a SSU agent attempts  track down an suspected killer that perfect system to prevent crime show the agent it has 'problems'. As we slowly move towards becoming a 'Police State' I'm sure the Police force of today would love to get their hands on some of those gadgets and control those among us  who love to be on the wrong side of the law. Memorize is a very slick looking film with nice CGI touches and with a big doze of Minority Report thrown in, just remember don't think about things that could be construed as 'criminal' or you'll have The SSU breathing down your back!


Memorize - Short Film from Jimmy Eriksson on Vimeo.
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Watch The Brilliant Little Short Little Theatres: Homage To The Mineral Of Cabbage.

Little Theatres: Homage To The Mineral Of Cabbage is a brilliant little stop animation short Stephanie Dudley, which was first shown at 2010 Toronto Film Festival. Based on an Erin Moure poem it's simply brilliant, reminder that traditional methods of animation are just as effective probably more powerful than modern day CGI/computer based which lack atmosphere. Cabage as a mineral? Strange?! Watch the short film in its full, enjoy.....


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Watch The Creepy UK Horror Short About Claire

If you love the creepy character based Horrors from the 1970's you should check out the UK short About Claire. Directed by Tony Upko the film's plot is very simple 2 women Becca and Abigail meet for dinner about a horrific situation but something agitates them, but what?

About Claire looks a very effective short film, that's atmospheric thanks to the fantastic sound design, check it out below.....

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When Sushi Fights Back In Japanese Monster Short Monster Roll

Been a kid of the 1980's we got spoiled some awesome cult stuff from the decades that went before us, a little more than kids now get despite those cult films & Tv been more available than ever. From the 1960's sci-fi tv, Jackie Chan films, Monkey, Water Margin, Godzilla and creature features especially Japanese Monster films. Dan Blank's Monsterroll is certainly a homage to those Japanese films even a little Roger Corman a story which sees giant sea creatures who exact revenge on those who break ancient promises and Sushi chefs attempting to save the day who probably would love to make Sushi out of the monsters.

Monster Roll is a Proof-of-concept for a feature about sushi chefs fighting sea monsters. It's a crazy idea, but one we just really wanted to see made. Blank have made and they hope soon to make it into the feature and this is a well constructed film which I'll even go as far as saying the CGI actually looks really good. This crazy looking film keeps a hardcore fan of the creature feature films like myself smiling throughout the 5 short minutes hoping these guys make this into the feature, this is crazy fun!



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Watch The Haunting Sci-Fi Short In The Pines

Who says Science Fiction has to be UFO's and Aliens? Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell's short film In The Pines is a fine example of that theory, maybe even a debate to weather it should be called a sci-fi. What this film is atmospheric in the minimalistic way, compelling and very haunting visually I do get a Martha Marcy, May Marlene feel to it, minus the religious cult part.

Check it out for yourself below...

A young woman, convinced she has experienced an encounter with the extraterrestrial, becomes fixated on re-establishing contact in this striking study of the paranormal and the human psyche

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Watch The Cabin In The Woods/Lionsgate Short The Sleepover

Are you like me love films full of iconography? If you do you'll dig this fantastic little short film The Sleepover. Directed by Chris Cullari The Sleepover twists the traditional characteristics of the slasher movie and the film was also the winner of The Cabin In The Woods/Lionsgate short film contest and just recently made its premier at the Fantastic Fest. Now thanks to Vimeo you can enjoy the short film in it's entirety below.....


THE SLEEPOVER from Chris Cullari on Vimeo.

Watch The Awesome Looking Short The Killing Joke

Never criticize a  Short film apart from been some really cool films that are at times superior to it's feature length cousin. Let's take Sebastian Lopez's The Killing Joke a perfect example of great short film about a woman who comes a across a red balloon attached to a small box  she opens leading to a sadistic clown hunting her down....

The Killing Joke is a 15 minute suspense/fiction short film about a mysterious woman that finds a red balloon tied up to a curious little box on an eery derelict street. Using classic elements of suspense and working within a seventies aesthetic, 'The Killing Joke' is an action packed film that pays homage to some of the horror movies from that era.

The piece was shot during four intense days of filming in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. The micro budget production was shot using just two 7d canon cameras. The composition and CGI effects for 'The Killing Joke' required months of 'invisible' digital retouching to create the panoramic, yet claustrophobic atmosphere that pervades throughout the movie.

The Film editor was Sabrina Mottino.

Sebastián López wrote and directed the story, and was also responsible for all the impressive post and composition work.

Colin Devlin created the Original Soundtrack, working from his home studio in LA he collaborated on the project with Sebastian from it's inception, creating a wonderful striking symmetry between sound and image.This is the second collaboration for Sebastian and Colin, the first being an action packed trailer created for a fictitious movie called 'Vertical' that went viral on the net, creating a serious buzz for the young director.

Actors Gustavo Marzo and Clarisa Staracci Worked together to portray the intense characters seen on screen.

The Killing Joke from sebastian lopez on Vimeo.

Watch The Metaphoric Sci-Fi Short SEED

This is why I love short films sometimes more than feature films as final result compared to some of the crap that's plagued our cinemas recently these films are a breath of fresh air. Some the ideas may not be 100% original but script wise, visually, structurally superior asks the question maybe some of those feature films maybe should be short films or simply should have stayed short film. We're a little disappointed we haven't covered short films as much as we should have this year but things are changing starting tonight with Tyson Wade Johnston's Seed. 

Seed is set in the year 2071, where technology has brought mankind to the brink of colonization on a planet named Gaia, one astronaut takes on an isolated mission and discovers unearthly horrors that could bring an end to human life on this planet. This is a tale of colonization gone wrong , a film that feels like a modern war film too, its a visual treat plenty of atmosphere most of all this looks a professionally polished CGI film worthy of  14 minutes of your time.

SEED (2012) Short Film from Tyson Wade Johnston on Vimeo.

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