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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
There come few shorts that make you go “woah” on first watch and instantly go back and replay it. Done In is one of...
Features
The idea that the world is going to dissolve into dystopia is a harsh one that has been in abundance of recent films. There...
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Films Featuring Otherworldly Control Over Humanity To Devour Before or After ‘VENOM: THE LAST DANCE’
Tom Hardy is all set to return as the sentient symbiote host Eddie Brock in Venom: The Last Dance, the epic conclusion to the...
Interviews
Harrison Houde and Dakota Daulby‘s chilling new short, Adjoining, is set to make its debut at this year’s prestigious Screamfest horror film festival this...
Short Film
Curfew is the Oscar Winning short film from the 85th Academy Awards. Written, directed and starring Shawn Christensen, it was a dead cert for...
Headlines
Recently we reviewed Todd E Freeman’s excellent short ‘M is for Marriage’ which was entered into Magnet Releasing’s 26th Director competition for a chance...
Short Film
There is only so much that an animation can do in a running time of four minutes. To be able to portray the anguish,...
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
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
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...