Category: Short Sips
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ESCAPING TWIN FLAMES, Episode 3, “Up In Flames”
Escaping Twin Flames, Episode 3, “Up In Flames” has been nominated for an Emmy for Best Picture Editing in a Nonfiction Program. The team nominated include: Martin Biehn, Lead Editor; Inbal B. Lessner, ACE, Editor; Mimi Wilcox, Editor; Kevin Hibbard, ACE, Editor; and Troy Takaki, ACE, Editor. This particular episode was fantastic and kept me on the edge of my… Read more
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RUNNING ERINS
The pilot of RUNNING ERINS was created by Erin Fogel and directed by Guillermo Ivan. It opens with Erin dancing joyfully in her amazingly bright apartment and gorgeous flowing hair bouncing with her dance moves. Setting her up as a happy-go-lucky person and learning quickly that she has a young child prepared me for what… Read more
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A SWIM LESSON
A Swim Lesson is a documentary short film directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. It is about a children’s swimming instructor named Bill Marsh, who talks about what it’s like to do his job, and what it means to him. He explains a lot of universal ideas through the lens of children learning how to… Read more
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FACES: Fantastic Fest Review
Faces was an Official Selection of Fantastic Fest 2024 that agreed to a review by Filmmaker Mixer Podcast. Faces is a horror short film about a group of college students and a strange entity. The story is intriguing and saying anything more about it could spoil it. The premise behind it is brilliant, and it is… Read more
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WELCOME TO WREXHAM, S2E15, “UP THE TOWN?”
“Up The Town?” is the fifteenth and final episode of the second season of the documentary series Welcome to Wrexham. It has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality TV Program. Boy, do editors, Michael Anthony Brown and Michael Oliver deserve that Emmy. They managed to take footage that was recorded as… Read more
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ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, S3E8, “Sitzprobe”
“Sitzprobe” is the 8th episode of the third season of the live action series Only Murders in the Building. Shelly Westerman, ACE, Editor and Payton Koch, Editor, have been nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series. Watching the episode, I was quickly impressed by how the transitions between shots were… Read more
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LIVING AUSTRALIA
Living Australia is a short wildlife film shot entirely on a fold-up drone that consists of various shots of Australia and the animals that live there. These shots are all incredibly beautiful. I loved every second of this film and was in awe of just how good it looked. It’s just stunning, honestly. The soundtrack is… Read more
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ONE FOR THE ROAD
One For the Road is a horror short film loosely based on a Stephen King story of the same name. I really enjoyed how casual the spoken dialogue between the two main characters was in this film. There’s a lot of banter between them, with a dash of humor to it. This made them pretty likeable… Read more
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THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC
THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC was not only a great short film but was also a great introduction to a topic I was previously unfamiliar with. It’s well worth the watch to not only be transported to the making of a historically important film, but also for its celebration of black cinema. I love the… Read more
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You Are Here
The short film YOU ARE HERE has a very straightforward story about a man learning from a newspaper article that there are now thought to be 250 billion stars in the milky way galaxy alone. It’s a very touching piece that anyone could enjoy. The first half of the film is delivered to us with… Read more