{"id":51335,"date":"2026-01-11T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=51335"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:17:35","slug":"it-happened-in-august-short-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/it-happened-in-august-short-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"It Happened in August (short) (2024)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following her mother\u2019s passing,\u00a0Aim\u00a0returns to her chosen home of New York City where she cares for her brother and suddenly finds herself faced with the reappearance of\u00a0a past love.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Written and directed by\u00a0Artima\u00a0Sakulkoo, It Happened in August\u00a0takes a look\u00a0at the life of one young woman navigating through life, grief, dreams, family obligation, and where all leaves her once all is said and done. Her approach to things changes as people come and go\u00a0in\u00a0her life, as her responsibilities change, and as she, herself, changes. There is more than a lot\u00a0here,\u00a0and it is written in a way that it does not\u00a0feel like\u00a0too\u00a0much;\u00a0it\u00a0all makes sense when put together. The characters here are not particularly complex in how they are written, but the direction and performances make\u00a0them\u00a0more well-rounded, more human. The writing here is\u00a0good,\u00a0and the direction is solid, bringing\u00a0this\u00a015-minute\u00a0long\u00a0short film\u00a0together in\u00a0just the right way.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The cast here is fairly limited in terms of characters who have lines, bringing a few to the front with the story revolving around Aim and her family and friends.\u00a0Aim\u00a0is played by writer-director\u00a0Artima\u00a0Sakulkoo\u00a0who brings\u00a0the character to life in the best way possible. This is clearly her\u00a0film,\u00a0and she makes the most of it.\u00a0Her performance centers the film and makes it clear who the film is about while also being unpretentious and down to Earth. There is a lot crammed in the 15 minutes here and most of it involved her directly.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0center,\u00a0she knows it, but\u00a0also,\u00a0she shares the spotlight and makes the film more interesting in the process. Joining her as the above-mentioned past love is Linsy Segarra\u00a0who gives a lovely performance in a part that helps move the story forward and helps bring in more emotions beyond grief and stress (yes, stress is an emotion sometimes). The rest of the cast gets limited screentime and very few lines shared between all of them. They all do decent, which is a testament to\u00a0the writing\u00a0and direction. Everyone here understood their assignments and made their parts feel natural and fitting for the story at hand.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The film\u2019s cinematography by director of photography\u00a0Warut\u00a0Snidvongs\u00a0and the editing by Lucciana Pascual help give the film its look and pace as well as its feel. The work these two produce here is lovely and goes together perfectly.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It Happened in August is a lovely, emotionally charged, effect film about grief, letting go, learning to move on, and going for what one wants in life. Here is a whole lot put into this film\u2019s 15 minutes run\u00a0time,\u00a0and the filmmaker really makes the most of the time given. This\u00a0film somehow feels neither rushed nor\u00a0slow;\u00a0it feels like\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0just right\u00a0and\u00a0made to make\u00a0the audience think without being patronizing. This is a gem of a short film from start to finish.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following her mother\u2019s passing,\u00a0Aim\u00a0returns to her chosen home of New York City where she cares for her brother and suddenly finds herself faced with the reappearance of\u00a0a past love.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[302,937],"class_list":["post-51335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-drama","tag-short"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51335","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=51335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51339,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51335\/revisions\/51339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}