The Midnight Shorts section of the Sundance Film Festival is known for creative, weird, and visually innovative horror. The 2023 lineup features short films with dark, weird, cringey stories that were created with love and intention.
In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with the filmmakers behind these shorts to discuss:
- What each short film is about and what the stories were inspired by
- Digging into our own fears about love, our bodies, the world falling around us
- Taking specific topics and situations and making it relatable to the general audience
- The biggest cuts that had to get made
- Removing redundant scenes that embody similar meaning
- How the motion of the camera translates meaning into the final cut
- What it’s like to work with live animals on set
- The biggest technical challenges
- Divulging set secrets
- Filming in random people’s apartments in NYC
Memorable Quotes
- “Wanting to tell a story about fear and desire and the places that those intersect.” [5:14]
- “Every word, every sentence is scrutinized on that level.” [18:50]
- “I can’t stand anything redundant at all.” [19:50]
Resources
Pipes
Follow Pipes on IG
Alien0089
Follow Alien0089 on IG
Unborn Biru
Follow Per-Josef on IG
Claudio’s Song
Connect with Andreas online
A Folded Ocean
Follow Ben on IG
Power Signal
Follow Oscar on IG
In the Flesh
Connect with Daphne online
Find No Film School everywhere:
On the Web
https://nofilmschool.com/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool
Twitter
https://twitter.com/nofilmschool
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool
Send us an email with questions or feedback: [email protected]!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices