{"id":23446,"date":"2016-12-03T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T19:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=23446"},"modified":"2016-12-03T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T19:57:17","slug":"the-shorts-of-blood-in-the-snow-2016-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/03\/the-shorts-of-blood-in-the-snow-2016-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shorts of Blood in the Snow 2016 \u2013 Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ingrid-and-the-black-hole\"<\/a>Ingrid & the Black Hole (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>A boy and a girl see what they think is a black hole one night and ponder on time travel.\u00a0 Written and directed by Leah Johnston, this short is sweet without being saccharine and it has a touching way of going through these two kids\u2019 lives and showing how a small thing can affect someone for a very long time.\u00a0 The cinematography by Christopher Ball looks great and shows the night sky in a beautiful manner as well as the interpersonal relationships of the characters through the years.<\/p>\n

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Glimpse (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>This experimental short follows a man as he goes through different emotions and situations.\u00a0 This reviewer must apologize for not being clear, it was an odd one to watch and not exactly defined clearly.\u00a0 Writer\/director John Nicol makes a mysterious film here and wraps it in a visually interesting package with parts in black and white and parts in color with interesting imagery and sounds involved.<\/p>\n

\"constance\"<\/a>Constance (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>After a break-up she has trouble getting over, a young woman moves in with her friend had tries to readjust while a ghost gets to her to try and get a message across.\u00a0 Based on a story by Bobby Knauff, written by Ian Pozzebon, Kevin Prystanski, Trish Rainone, and Rebecca Rodley, and directed by Pozzebon and Prystanski, the short builds an interesting mystery before bringing a bit of chills and a good denouement.\u00a0 The lead played by Trish Rainone shows good emotions and connects with the viewer well.<\/p>\n

TIK-TIK (Canda) (2016)
\n<\/strong>A woman about to give birth is surrounded by family and members of her community as a creature looms outside.\u00a0 Written and directed by Larica Perera, this one lays on the atmosphere in a good way and builds a dread for a creature most viewers are unused to.\u00a0 It creates and builds an interesting folklore that could be fascinating to see in a longer format film.\u00a0 The film\u2019s Tagalog\/English narration adds some mystery to the proceedings.\u00a0 The film is dark, but easy to see what is going through cinematography by Michael Peeling, showing the action clearly while also keeping some secrets from the audience.<\/p>\n

\"taking-possession\"<\/a>Taking Possession (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>In an isolated location, a man takes possession of the house he just bought from the realtor.\u00a0 Soon after moving into his dream home, things go weird and he starts questioning reality and his sanity.\u00a0 Written and directed by Peter Campbell, this short has some creepy moments and plays well with the character\u2019s mind while getting the viewer to also question what is really going on.\u00a0 The location chosen for this short is perfect, a huge house with an amazing staircase and a basement that gives the creeps.\u00a0 The music by David Federman, the cinematography and the editing by Danny McIvor add to this feeling of unease that turns to fear.\u00a0 This short shows how to use a location to its fullest while also running on a short time frame.<\/p>\n

Cauchemar capitonn\u00e9 (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>In this French-Canadian film, a man takes home a chair that has lived in a friend\u2019s garage for a long time following a suicide.\u00a0 After the chair leads him to negative and dangerous thoughts, he puts it out to get rid of it until someone else finds it.\u00a0 Writer\/director Jean-Claude Leblanc creates a good story of a haunted or cursed object destroying, or at least attempting to, the lives of those who own it.\u00a0 The visions created by the chair are well done and the special effects by Jean-Mathieu B\u00e9rub\u00e9, Matisse Contant, and Carlo Harrietha are properly grim and done with talent.\u00a0 The two leads played by Maude St-Pierre and S\u00e9bastien Huberdeau show fear in different ways and turn in strong performances.\u00a0 This one is a fantastic surprise.<\/p>\n

Blood in the Snow ran from November 25th<\/sup>\u00a0to November 27th<\/sup>, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ingrid & the Black Hole (Canada) (2016) A boy and a girl see what they think is a black hole one night and ponder on time travel.\u00a0 Written and directed by Leah Johnston, this short is sweet without being saccharine and it has a touching way of going through these two kids\u2019 lives and showing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1284,9],"tags":[335,409,477,501,678,703,938,1008],"class_list":["post-23446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivalsevents","category-list-junkies","tag-experimental","tag-ghosts","tag-horror","tag-indie-film","tag-monsters","tag-mystery","tag-short-film","tag-supernatural"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23450,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23446\/revisions\/23450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}