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_The following review was written by S/W Curator Ivan Kander:_ Not to get too inside baseball into our selection process, but It’s Been A While is a film that really divided the team. I don’t mean to suggest that the film isn’t good—it’s an objectively well-shot and entertaining bite-size indie dramedy led by a great comedic performance from star Meg Cashel. But, the central joke skews familiar. An awkward TMI voicemail barrage? What is this? Swingers? It’s a somewhat “done” idea that had us questioning the film’s novelty. After all, is there enough here beyond a funny escalation of a comedic premise? In more succinct terms, is this more than a sketch? The magic trick of this short—which was created on a shoestring by director/cinematographer Brett Cramer and screenwriter Ryan Sheppard—is that it manages to balance the broad comedy with emotional resonance. Structurally, the film is a bell curve—a rubber band that is stretched out only to be reeled back in by a surprising reveal that serves as an effective emotional kicker. This is the rare jokey premise that actually sticks the landing. I often talk about endings being hard (especially in shorts), but this conclusion is not only surprising, it reinforms all that came before it. As it turns out, what we’ve been watching isn’t a broad comedy after all, but rather, a melancholic drama about needing human connection, even if one is searching for it in the wrong place. In the year that was/is 2020, isn’t that relatable? For a 5 minute short full of jokes, I found myself surprisingly moved by this conclusion. As quarantine stretches on and on, don’t we all just want someone to talk to? As screenwriter Ryan Sheppard relates: “The idea was to show a need for connection through a glimpse at a moment when loneliness gets the best of someone. As we move on from relationships, we stop sharing our lives with those who once knew us intimately. Kate is reminded of this lost intimacy, and for better or worse, decides to make up for lost time.” It’s worth noting that I have screened literally hundreds of COVID or COVID-adjacent shorts this year. That shouldn’t be surprising—after all, the pandemic has defined 2020. But, I think what a lot of these shorts get wrong is that they are explicitly about the literal COVID experience (e.g. hand washing, mask-wearing, pantless Zoom calls). They are films for “now.” While I think you could easily classify It’s Been A While as a COVID film, from its small production size to the subjects it’s addressing, I like to think that what it’s saying about needing intimate connections to other people will resonate long after we’re able to go out into the world again. Not bad for a 5 minute short predicated on a joke.
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Clementine’s room is her haven and her safe space, but as the night goes on and her mind challenges her further, she must face her insecurities and leave the cocoon she has created for herself.
A family spends three summer days in a beautiful lake mansion close to Berlin. Together with her new lover, Irene visits her brother Alex, who still inhabits the house with Irene's writer son Konstantin. Konstantin's girl-friend pops in, too, and all of them drift away from each other more and more.
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.
Cristi has just moved to an unknown country, far away from family and friends. At first, she is happy for the challenge. But soon she begins to question her place in this new world that seems to be a lost town, made of absences, distances, silence and indifference. '4242' is the story of a young female immigrant, a story of a teenager's anguish who is trying to redefine her identity after being forced to leave home.
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of another. Tasuku, a young man fresh out of a relationship, starts a new job as one of the cuddlers. He's nervous and reticent, but soon finds himself with a procession of clients, male as well as female. In his unique position as their companion, he finds himself privy to the true selves they keep closeted. Tender performance and contemplative writing elevate an exploration of the human need for comfort and tenderness, while learning to be true to oneself.
Khao Niao, a young girl, is left at her relatives' house by her mother, Bee. Although she is surrounded by familiar faces, she still feels very lonely and blames her mother for 'abandoning' her here. One day, while wandering around, Khao Niao finds a stray puppy. Thinking that the dog is as lonely as she is, she decides to bring him home even though she knows that her relatives will not like him. This is only the beginning of a journey between Khao Niao and her puppy, Moo Ping.