Last Call

After attending the opening night of the Hollyshorts festival this short stood out. It's not often a short film can bring so much emotion to the table. But, this film did. It had all you want to see in a film. A normal beginning that mutated into something more esoteric, the film took a turn a couple times and a result it broke your heart not once, not twice, but three times. This is a lot or emotion squeezed into a short film, and I was HIGHLY impressed. This film was clearly a 10 star short film for the story, the actors, the direction, cinematography, the art direction, it ticked all the boxes you want to see in a film and it did it in a short amount of time. IMPRESSIVE.

A desperate mother who wants to reconnect with her son. On the complexity of depression and grief and search for understanding and absolution.

A woman swings open the door to a smokey pub. This is Kate, and she's looking for someone. After navigating her way through the eclectic mix of patrons, she spots him - a teenage boy, Charlie - her son. There's an obvious void - too long has passed between them to allow for casual conversation. As Kate and Charlie are forced to retrace their history - Kate will finally have the chance to ask the questions that have haunted her past, and will decide her future.