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Spielzeugland (2007)
Toyland Review
Review may contain spoilers. Toyland is about a young boy who wants to join his best friend on his journey to Toyland. Unbeknownst to the boy, Toyland is not the magical place he thinks it is, but is in fact a concentration camp. The boy soon disappears and his mother goes searching for him, hoping to find him before he takes an unfortunate journey. This short film builds a lot of tension into the idea that the woman may be too late to save her son. There is a nice twist at the end of the panic that makes this short film a worthwhile watch. Overall, Toyland does something in its small runtime that very few feature length films can and that is get you invested in what is going to happen. I would definitely recommend watching Toyland. You can easily find it on YouTube and it runs for about 15 minutes.
The Mass of Men (2012)
The Mass of Men Review
Review may contain spoilers. The Mass of Men is about a highly educated middle aged man who is struggling to find work and must use unemployment benefits to survive. The man ends up showing up late to his meeting with his unemployment benefits caseworker, unbeknownst to her. The man makes the mistake of being honest about being 3 minutes late to which the caseworker responds by cutting his benefits and belittling the man. It is at this point that The Mass of Men takes a "shocking" turn as another man attacks the office. During the confusion The man makes a regrettable decision. This short film is fairly enjoyable and easily establishes the two main characters as likeable and detestable before pulling off a nice shift. I would definitely recommend watching The Mass of Men. The Mass of Men can be found on Vimeo and runs for a little under 17 minutes.
Gasman (1997)
Gasman Review
Review may contain spoilers. Gasman is a short film about a man who takes his children to a Christmas party where his daughter learns something earthshattering for her young life. The man meets up with a woman on his way to the Christmas party and has her children join his for the party. Why did he do this is a question that persists throughout Gasman, although it is fairly easy to guess. His daughter and the woman's daughter seem to get along, despite his daughter looking down on the other's appearance. At the party the woman's daughter is distressed as she ends up being left out of the goings on, and this leads to the man's daughter coming to the realization of the truth. Overall, Gasman is ok, but is fairly predictable. What makes this short film slightly irritating is that the accents are quite thick, so it is mostly unclear what is being said most of the time. Gasman can be found on YouTube and Vimeo and has a runtime of about 15 minutes.
The Crush (2010)
The Crush Review
Review may contain spoilers. The Crush starts off as a sweet little story about an elementary school boy who has a crush on his teacher. From there the short film starts to take a seemingly dark turn. Instead of accepting the boy's love the teacher gets engaged to a random douchebag, which sends the little man into a spiral. Eventually the little man challenges the douchebag to a duel to prove who truly loves teacher. Instead of going fully dark the short film deviates from it and the little man learns an important lesson. Overall, The Crush was an enjoyable movie that causes you to great concern over how it will end, but fills you with relief when it changes directions. As it is an interesting little short film I would definitely recommend watching it as its runtime is about 15 minutes and it can easily be found on YouTube.
J'attendrai le suivant... (2002)
I'll Wait for the Next One Review
Review may contain spoilers. I'll Wait for the Next One is about a man putting himself out there while riding a train. The man seemingly is begging for a date and gets heckled, but continues to spout his ideas of love. The question throughout this film is will anyone accept the man's proposed date. The MC is actually a likely mid-30s woman listening to this display who has been unsuccessful in love. Everything the man says seems to invoke even more interest from the woman, who near the end of the film is all in on joining the man on his proposed idea. This welling up of feeling quickly gets dumped on its head and crushes the poor woman's soul. While not the best film out there, I'll Wait for the Next One is worth watching as its runtime is around 5 minutes and it can easily be found on YouTube.
Father and Daughter (2000)
Father and Daughter Review
Review may contain spoilers. Father and Daughter is an animated short film that creates an emotional connection with the audience without the use of dialogue. Father and Daughter does this by briefly having a father and daughter saying their goodbyes before he leaves in a small boat. From there the daughter continually returns to the spot she said goodbye to her father at and waits for him to comeback. No matter what is going on in her life the daughter always comes back to the spot, hoping that eventually her father will return. The questions throughout the short film are what caused the father to fail to return to his daughter and why is the daughter so hopeful that he will return. This is answered at the end of Father and Daughter in a very touching way. I would definitely recommend watching it as its runtime is about 10 minutes and it can easily be found on YouTube.
Three Days in Kamakura (2012)
Three Days in Kamakura Review
Review may contain spoilers. Three Days in Kamakura is an interesting film. It takes the idea of if there is a mourning family and a tragedy occurs would it be alright to take in a child to replace the one that the family lost. This goes a slightly creepy route as it is unknown if the child still has any family around. Luckily the wife has common sense and quickly puts that idea out of its misery. I felt that the main character, the husband, is excessively creepy in wanting to push his desires onto his wife. These desires being wanting a family immediately or repeatedly trying to engage in a certain physical act. Overall, I would not say that Three Days in Kamakura is a bad film, but I found some of the things to be fairly off putting. If you get past the creepy husband the film has a interesting story for its 20 minute runtime.
A Moment (2012)
A Moment review
Review may contain spoilers. A Moment is a very interesting film that leaves the audience in the dark for the majority of the film. Throughout the beginning people are going about their lives struggling in someway or another. The audience is left to wonder why until a bit over halfway through the film. At this point the film focuses on a time and date and the people within the movie stop doing everything, taking a moment to remember what had occurred and those they lost. From there the film goes about having the people within it try to overcome their struggles realizing those they lost would prefer it that way. A Moment is a truly significant film as it is about the aftermath of a tragic event that occurred in Japan; that being the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which occurred on March 11th. For those not in the know about this event the film may lose some of its impact.