My Short Review of 5 entries of Between Breaths

It has been a decent start to between breaths. Hope next year we will have much more participation and of course we hope this years’ short competitors will up with even better films next time around.

Here’s my review of the shorts, in alphabetical order.

Avatars- ‘Avatars’ talks about how our online identities, help us tackle our busy schedules, to manage our personal lives. ‘Avatars’ completely succeeds in conveying its theme and does it with technical brilliance. I especially liked how it employs multiple roles of the same person in same frame. Also how character uses facebook to choose his glasses, surely a reflection of our times.

Amaranth- It starts out with good premise but didn’t work for me because I as a viewer was not sure what Amaranth was aiming at. Is it horror or horror comedy or message based film. My impression of ‘Amaranth’ is it has come out slightly cheesy mainly because it does not set a consistent tone to the short. Technically it is well done, with ghostly white effect towards the end. But I am sure ‘Amaranth’ team can dish out better short as they are not lacking in finish of the film.

End- Hmm what can I say!! This one is my personal favourite. Love the way it adds tackles a relevant message along with a good story. It affects you as a viewer. It does a good use of music and I could definitely see some homage paid to super films. I was impressed right from the start where blade highlights when surrounded with blood. Great effort, keep more movies like his coming!

Vitesse- Set in bustling Kolkata, and with music to add the feel of liveliness, Vitesse dedicates itself to people who can never be a part of this rush. You can feel that he maker is genuinely touched by problem these people face. I also like how music was used to contrast between two portions of the movie. In fact even if you notice, the lively face of Kolkata is shown not through posh frames but only using downtrodden people, and I like the irony implied here.

Zakhm- Adaptation of famed Kite Runner novel, the movie fits in as an extension of the novel. It squarely rests on script and acting, to which it delivers. Zakhm has good dialogue, as they feel real coming from a tortured man. I am actually interested to see how the same team would have adapted the whole film.

That’s all folks from this edition of between breaths. Results will be out in matter of minutes. Lets see who wins the 1^st edition of Between Breaths.

Written By Ali Naqvi