Ride Baby Ride ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

Ride Baby Ride is a mean horror short that finds a great balance in inflicting sharp inhales from the audience. Sofie Somoroff has conjured up a fantastic short that affects you. A young mechanic gets the chance to fix up a 1978 Camaro, but her dream care soon becomes her

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Dropping ★★★ 1/2 HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

A tension-filled 9-minute short film that you do not want to end, Dropping excels at keeping the audience in the dark as well as on their toes. RJ Collins’ film has a great concept that should be explored in feature form. Upon her father’s insistence, Nora joins her stepbrother and

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The Hereafter ★★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

There is an infuriating plausibility to the premise of Ryan Noufer’s The Hereafter that it makes you want to clench your fists and scream. While treading the world of corporate greed, a heartbreaking story of grief is the key to the film’s success, resulting in a triumph. Olive, a terminally

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Dixieland ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

The emotionally impactful Dixieland has a simple premise but executes it so well, thanks to all-around great work. William Hellmuth’s short film pulls you in for those 14 brief minutes. Tony Todd and Philip Orazio are on top form in this terrific period drama. Charles, a Black Union physician. After

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Bilskådaren (The Car Spotter) ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

Bilskådaren (The Car Spotter) is an utter delight from beginning to end. Martin Sandin has made a wonderful mockumentary that promises nonstop laughs. Peo loves spotting cars. It gives his everyday life a little twist. It’s also a hobby that is about to ruin the most important thing he has.

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Humo ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

Humo keeps its childlike gaze throughout its haunting depiction of life for a little boy in a concentration camp. Rita Basulto’s film is a beautifully told yet sad tale that will affect you. A boy, Daniel, travels by train towards a dark destination known as the Smokehouse. No matter how

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Tall Dark and Handsome ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

As funny as tragicomedy Tall Dark and Handsome can be at times, Sam Baron’s film shows us just how destructive our insecurities can be if not taken control of early. It is a compelling short that has you wanting to give the fantastic Amit Shah’s Varun the firmest of shakes.

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Motherland ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival 2023

A painful yet stunning film, Christina Yoon’s Motherland emotionally flattens you. Tiffany Chu’s performance almost destroys you as her character tries to search for the truth about herself. Leah (Tiffany Chu), a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth mother. Leah is met with

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