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Short Film
This short will have you feeling both uncomfortable and raw. That isn’t a friendly warning for you to turn away and not watch it...
Features
Generally, the term black comedy is bounced around so much that a lot of filmmakers miss the mark. Often they become offensive, bland or...
Features
There is something so admirable about the lazy days of market holders, enticing their customers with the delicious smells of home-baked foods at affordable...
Box Office
Amazon MGM Studios has released the first official trailer for Zoë Kravitz’s directorial feature debut, psychological comedy-thriller Blink Twice. Directed by Kravitz, from a...
Box Office
IFC Films and Shudder are all set to release Caitlin Cronenberg‘s highly anticipated feature film directorial debut, the chilling dystopian satire Humane. Cronenberg cut her teeth in the director’s...
Short Film
It is only a few months til Wes Anderson returns for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Luckily, for those who admire or love Wes Anderson’s...
Short Film
If I Had A Heart is a brilliant and engrossing movie about an abandoned man’s fight for life. Set in the bustling city of...
Short Film
Originality is scarce these days: Hollywood lashes mountains of money in often vain attempts to create a picture which is novel. Presumably with a...
Short Film
Little Favour is possibly one of the most hotly anticipated shorts this year, mainly due to the weight of the main star, Benedict Cumberbatch....
Short Film
House Cocktail is an ideal short film in that it takes a simple concept – the story of two men battling to gain the...
Short Film
In 2012 producers Ant Timpson and Tim League released their anthology film ABCs of Death. It featured twenty six shorts showcasing work by twenty six...
Short Film
Last night The W Hotel played host to the UK premiere of the Patrick Viktor Monroe-directed short film, Little Favour. Attended by Monroe himself,...
Short Film
Doodlebug is a first glimpse into the wonderful visionary mind of Christopher Nolan. From the Batman films to Memento, Nolan has a proven track...
Short Film
Dawn (Part One) follows in the footsteps of Looper, the 2012 blockbuster starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gorden-Levitt, and is a futuristic thriller which...
Short Film
We are constantly witnessing technological advances. Missions into deep space or chartering unknown universes have always captured our dreams and fantasies. We have spurned...
Short Film
The Boy With A Thorn In His Side is a powerful and intricate short film. Packed into just over four minutes of time, this...
Short Film
When you think of comic book geeks, what comes to mind? Perhaps a spotty, short guy in a superman t-shirt who looks like he’s...
Features
The economy of Kosai Sekine‘s short is pretty impressive, with every shot contributing towards the overall theme, including the title animation. It wastes absolutely...
Short Film
Welcome to the very first of (hopefully) many short film showcases here on Cinema Chords, and we’re kick things of in humungous proportions, as...