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Max Fisher's Short RULE, BRITANNIA: Two Furious Brits Come Face to Face with the Refugees

RULE, BRITANNIA is one of those rare films that doesn’t simply ask us to watch a story—it asks us to step inside it. MAx Fisher take us into the darkness of the English

Amir Zargara's Short Film VITAL: Exploring Organ Harvesting that Tests Ethical Dilemmas

VITAL is the kind of film that doesn’t end when the screen goes black. It lingers. Amir Zagara has created something far more unsettling than a story about the desperate

Short Film LUNCH BOX: 80s Vibes of The Breakfast Club and The Holdovers: Bond on Cinema Interview

Ladies and gentlemen, there’s something beautifully nostalgic about filmmakers Romeo Okwara and Sean Billings-Almendarez's short film LUNCH BOX—a time when a lunch box co

The Second Life of Freddie Nole: Hope, Dignity, and a path to Permanent Freedom

The Second Life of Freddie Nole is a vérité short documentary film that follows Freddie, a magnetic and deeply compassionate man, who spends his days meeting newly releas

Marchelle Bradanini & Emily Alpren's Comedic Short FLOORED: It's More Than the Pelvic Floor, but Identity too

What stayed with me after watching FLOORED wasn’t simply its humor, its gorgeous 50s-inspired visual style, or even the wonderfully unexpected idea of turning pelvic-floo

Johnny Russell's A SCENT: Parkinson's & the Power of the Unseen

There are some films you watch, and then there are films that make you stop and think about what you may have been missing all along. A SCENT, written and directed by Joh

James Arden Breaks Down His Short Film 'Black Cab'

What makes BLACK CAB so compelling is that beneath the story of a London cab driver struggling to compete with driverless technology is something far more universal: the

Nikolay Sysuev's Short Film CREATORS: When a Creator Becomes Someone Else's Content

Nikolay Sysuev’s CREATORS is a sharply observed and timely short film that takes aim at our increasingly complicated relationship with social media, recognition and the p

KING OF THE IRON WILL: Behind the Scenes with Liam James Collins & Scott Vickers

Ladies and gentlemen, There is a rare confidence to KING OF THE IRON WILL that elevates it far beyond the expectations of a short film. Liam James Collins has crafted an

Rhys Chapman's Short Film RYAN CAN'T READ: In-Depth Discussion of One of the World's Greatest Shorts

Ladies and gentlemen, we at Bond on Cinema consider the RYAN CAN’T READ as one of the greatest short films ever created. This is a film I can honestly say is my favorite

Hannah Beach & Phoebe Campbell-Harris' Tension-Filled Short A MATTER OF MINUTES

There are films that entertain us, films that challenge us, and then there are films that make us acutely aware of just how fragile life can be. A Matter of Minutes, dire

The Witches of Pool Bottom: Ava Bounds on Her Latest Film

THE WITCHES OF POOL BOTTOM may be absurd, outrageous and wonderfully over-the-top, but beneath the laughter is a message that feels remarkably relevant. Ava Bounds takes

Tanguy Pichon's Dark Comedy PLASTER: A Mother is Worried about Her Dead Son

PLASTER may run only four and a half minutes, but Tanguy Pichon uses every second to explore something profoundly human: what happens when grief becomes too painful to ac

Joe Bongiovanni's THE TURTLE is a Lesson in Listening and Showing Appreciation for Your Efforts

THE TURTLE may begin with the familiar friction of a husband and wife, but Joe Bongiovanni’s film gradually reveals something far more complicated beneath the surface. Ba

Francesco Costabile's FAMILIA: Francesco Costable's FAMILIA Film: A young man Joins an Extremist Group as his Father Returns

Francesco Costabile’s feature film FAMILIA is based on the true story and memoir of Luigi Celeste. FAMILIA follows a young man in Rome struggling to overcome a childhood

Olivia Ormond's CALL ME CRAZY: When Chronic Pain is Real and No One Believes You

CALL ME CRAZY ultimately reaches beyond the language of chronic pain to examine something more universal: the damage that occurs when a person’s reality is repeatedly que

The Extraordinary Phenomenon becomes the Heartbeat of director Phil Dunn's FIRE LILY

Is it a narrative film? Is it a documentary? Is it a social impact film? FIRE LILY is an artistic masterpiece. The South African Fire Lily is one of nature's most extrao

Gregory JM Kasunich's Explains MEETING YOUR MAKER: A Feel Good Film Where A Puppet Kills Himself

Ladies and gentlemen, after watching Meeting Your Maker multiple times, what stays with me isn’t simply the film’s darkly comic premise—it’s the profoundly human question

Efosa Osaghae's PHANTOM CAROUSEL: Spying on Remote Workers Has Just Become Real

Ladies and gentlemen, Efosa Osaghae’s PHANTOM CAROUSEL is a sharp, unsettling look at what happens when survival and morality collide. Through one gig worker’s impossible

Nouel Riel's Short CARPET BLUE: Breaking Down Unprocessed Trauma and Moving Forward

CARPET BLUE is a haunting, beautifully controlled portrait of a woman confronting the ghosts of a life she never got the chance to finish. Through Ida, Nouel Riel transfo