Jameson: when love becomes a permanent existential hell
John Humber, “Jameson” (2018) A man living an apparently secluded life off the grid in a cabin he built himself in the middle of a deep…
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ChromoPHOBIA: a message about how we treat (or don’t treat) mental illness well
Keith Adams, “ChromoPHOBIA” (2019) Based on a short story by B Evenson, this dark horror fiction short focuses on mental illness and its treatment, and unconscious…
Slut: a highly accomplished student film on teenage sexual awareness and the danger it attracts
Chloe Okuno, “Slut” (2014) Set in the 1970s, this cheesy morality tale is a meeting of Little Red Riding Hood and Southern US small-town Gothica in…
Carnivore: American Psycho meets Agatha Christie in an elegant and minimalist thriller
Constance Tsang, “Carnivore” (2018) Elegant in style and minimalist and understated in its narrative, this is a very wry satire on the culture of the cut-throat…