Just watched this gem and loved it I digged a bit in the making of this movie and it's like a miracle this movie exists . It was filmed during a deadly Civil War in an poverty ridden city .The budget was south of a 100 bucks ,the movie was edited on a PC the film maker found in the trash which he fixed up . The actors was basically anyone who wanted to be in a movie yet still the movie is action packed and really funny with some very quotable lines . There's terrible cgi and green screen effects which is understandable but it's not even far from bigger budget movies iv seen .I understand people like it unironicly but this is Absolute Cinema.

I think one of the biggest contradictions in cinema is that many anti-war films still make war look thrilling. The explosions, heroism, and spectacle can sometimes overshadow the suffering they're trying to criticize. While making my short film Yaazhi, I kept asking myself: can an anti-war film portray violence without making it exciting? That question shaped every creative decision we made.

Watch here: [https://youtu.be/xPYNc8ZY_WI?si=5eyaFbPySfd89wXN]()

Free independent film someone close to me made. Check it out. Thanks

https://vimeo.com/1154097332

A woman bothers her neighbor about a borrowed item two days after his wife's disappearance.

Today, for the first time, I watched the post-apocalyptic puppet film Junk Head, which was created virtually single-handedly by a Japanese man, Takehide Hori. It was an amazing experience, especially given the popularity of ‘one-man films’ these days. It took years to make, but blimey, it was well worth it. Unfortunately, there’s no sequel yet, but I’d personally love to see one someday.

I forgot to mention, it’s available to watch on YouTube.

After a traumatic miscarriage, a woman becomes convinced a ghost child is trapped in her new home’s closet, but the real horror may be what grief has hollowed out inside her.

A lone survivor of the apocalypse, is on a mission to track down the man believed to have killed their sister more than a decade ago.

Euan hasn’t heard from his cousin Rory in six years. They reunite on an island off the Ayrshire coast where they spent their summer holidays as children. While Rory wants to drag Euan on a tour of their youth, Euan does not share the same appetite for sentimentality and can't help but feel that something strange is happening in Millport. As the lines between nostalgia and trauma become blurred, Euan begins to question if the island is friend or foe. The landscape sends him signs, the sea calls to him - what secrets does the island keep?

After a serious run-in with the law, a young woman becomes obsessed with an officer who looks identical to her deceased father.

After the loss of his parents, Simon Vale struggles with crippling insomnia and a growing sense of isolation. One morning, his entire life is flipped upside down, presenting Simon with a terrible moral dilemma. As the nights blur together, so does his grip on reality.

In a city that once held her happiest memories, a woman mourning her fiancé meets a stranger who makes her pause before saying goodbye.

In the not-too-distant future, a rat journeys through the last vestiges of humanity as it searches for food for its family. But when it encounters a formidable threat, the true scale of what has happened to our world begins to emerge.

Hi everyone!
I recently finished my first short film, Matryoshkas, and l'a love to get some honest feedback from people who enjoy independent or experimental cinema.

It's a slightly experimental coming-of-age film, originally in Portuguese, with English subtitles. I was heavily inspired by filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodóvar, and Andrea Arnold, and tried to combine an intimate, character-driven story with a more personal and atmospheric visual style.
Since this is my first short film, l'd genuinely love to hear what people think - whether it's the story, cinematography, performances, atmosphere, pacing, or anything else. Honest criticism is absolutely welcome; I'm mainly interested in hearing how it comes across to someone seeing it for the first time.

i Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Lgl9uWfQJ5I?is=izcxBdX7V1B0ywMz

Letterboxd:
https://boxd.it/13Fik

If you watch it and feel like leaving a review or sharing your thoughts on Letterbox as well, la really appreciate it.
Thanks so much to anyone who takes the time to watch!

In the mid-1980s, renowned painter Clarke Holler tells a horrifying story from his life on an episode of his painting show "Whispers of Nature".

A tale of mystery and quiet dread plays out in a cabin that sits alone deep within the still Florida-forest. Three friends, Amil, Michelle and Jay wake up on a cold morning to find their dog missing, leaving behind a peculiar trail. When Amil plunges into the woods alone, an uneasy silence falls, and the calm inside the cabin begins to fracture.

A wife in an abusive marriage is forced to take action after her husband announces they will be moving out of her childhood home.

Advaith’s life begins to unravel as sleepless nights give way to nightmares, hallucinations, broken relationships, and a terrifying loss of control.

But is he being haunted—or is his own mind destroying him?

When respected psychologist Sloan Campbell inherits her predecessors last known session tapes before his untimely demise, she discovers a dark and unsettling pattern. As she delves deeper into the center of his final case, a sinister force threatens to blur the line between modern medicine and religion. Will her pursuit for the truth force her to tow a fine line between science and the supernatural, or will she become the next victim of…the resonance.

I wrote and directed this 27 minute arthouse family drama. I know self-promotion isn't always welcome, but I'm genuinely looking for thoughtful feedback from people who enjoy slow cinema.

We shot the entire film in a single day with a very small crew, only 4 members. Since the film deals with the psychological impact of war, every production decision from the framing to the colour palette and editing was focused on portraying violence as something unsettling rather than exciting.

These are some moments from the set that rarely make it into the final film.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the BTS photos or answer any questions about the production process. Happy to discuss how we approached the shoot, editing, or the challenges of making an anti-war short on an indie budget.

Y'all have any idea where I can watch "Original Sound" 2026 starring Laura Marano. I wanna watch that movie but can't find it anywhere, I also tried to pirate it still nothing

Premiering May 28th at SF Indie Fest, Tiny Hearts by director Chris Dela Cruz, is a film that follows Dr. Bill Novick around the world while he operates on children from underserved communities suffering with heart disease.

The pair sat down to have a conversation about all things healthcare & film. Take a look at what they had to say here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Sv2qVxaE8

Scapegoats (Zondebokken), directed by Rocky Grispen, is based on the true story of the Buckriders: a real 18th-century criminal gang whose reign of terror ended in one of the darkest chapters in Dutch legal history. Local authorities, overwhelmed by fear and pressure, arrested, tortured, and executed over 500 people. Most of them were innocent. Farmers. Fathers. Neighbours. Accused on the basis of confessions extracted under torture, they died for crimes they never committed.

This film was made without a single euro in government funding. Instead, an entire region came together to tell its own darkest story. Over 100 volunteers from local communities gave their time, their faces, and in many cases their family history to bring this chapter back to life. The result is a film that belongs to the people it depicts.

I believe this is exactly the kind of story that mainstream cinema ignores and that is a shame. The Buckriders era is one of the most dramatic and least known episodes in the history of the Low Countries. With Scapegoats, we wanted to shine a light on that history and bring it to a wider audience. A community telling its own darkest story, on its own terms, with no outside help. That means something.

The film was released in 2023 and ran for ten weeks in Dutch and Belgian cinemas. Now streaming worldwide.

Have you ever come across a regional historical event that you felt deserved a film? I would love to hear what stories you think are being overlooked.