Fantasia International Film Festival 2023 - Writer/director Shane Bannon's short The Perfect Place to Cry is one of those films that toys with expectations. You have a young woman, Lyla (Celina Bernstein) sobbing, while alone in her car at night near the woods. When a stranger emerges from the forest, every horror red flag goes off. [...]

Fantasia International Film Festival 2023 - White Noise barely relents in its 16 minutes. The short follows protagonist Ava (Bahia Watson), who is disturbed by sound. When she tries to address the problem through an experiment, it goes horribly wrong. This short  succeeds in illustrating Ava's deep discomfort and putting the audience squarely in her perspective, [...]