Brief takes on potential Oscar contending shorts CLOSING DYNASTY, THE MOISTURE, INTERRUPTION, ALL INCLUSIVE, AN AVOCADO PIT, PIVOT & YELLOW

Closing Dynasty

YELLOW|
In Afghanistan a young woman goes to a store to buy her first full body veil.

This is a lovely and moving film that needs to be expanded into a feature. This is one of the great short films that gives us as sense of a whole world and bigger story just outside the frame.

Search this film out.

PIVOT
A young girl who wants to play basketball gets upset when it seems that her birthday will spell the end of her days on the court.

A good look at how we see gender roles.

HEADSPACE
Young man with Downs Syndrome needs to get a job to be able to replace his broken headphones.

Lovely film that needs to be expanded. I would love to spend more time with these wonderful characters.  Go track this down.

AN AVOCADO PIT
Cis man meets trans woman and a charming movie happens.

This story of the meeting of two people is an absolute charmer. The story of an unexpected encounter made me smile. It is an absolute joy. I would love a feature similar to this where life just happens.

One of the best films I’ve seen recently

ALL INCLUSIVE
A father’s unconventional job threatens to upset a family vacation

This is a good small scale drama about a family struggling to get by.

INTERRUPTION
Good and deeply moving of a young woman in Morocco  who is planning on having an abortion in the United States. When Roe v Wade is overturned her plan gets side tracked.

Deeply moving tale of a woman and her need to control her own body and her own desiny. By moving the tale out of the US the film is certain to open some eyes since it forces you to really think about the story we are being told.

Highly recommended

THE MOISTURE
Feature film like tale of a teacher with a messy life has trouble with a student who makes him go outside his typical way of teaching.

Small scale epic is a film I wish I had seen on a big screen. More compelling than many recent feature films THE MOISTURE  is a film that grabs you and gets under your skin. It’s a stunning piece of filmmaking that makes me want to see what director Turan Haste does next.

CLOSING DYNASTY
A seven year old hustles to make money over the course of a day.

Solid portrait of poverty in NYC