Josie

Beautiful film, I felt as though I was watching a short made for a film festival. This film has an incredibly strong child actor and cinematography and writing, it is well written and has a strong structure - it is hard to believe this was made during 48 hour film. It made me think of ''Gifted" in terms of the talent of the actors and the subtlety and sweetness of the script and film. Excellent work team.

Another great short by Hello Stranger. I'll have to admit I was still waking up a bit for the first few films in heat 1 (it was 1:45am in Texas!) so my notes were a little thin! I may have to come back and update after I see this again at the finals screening. For now I'll just say I thought the performances were fantastic, with the young lead doing an excellent job. The cinematography, and post production were excellent, with the shots doing very well to establish things and connect us with the characters as the story unfolded.

I have found, after watching a number of films, that it's a little jarring each time the "gatekeeper" is explicitly mentioned, so that's maybe one thing that took me out of being immersed in this one as well. But otherwise, this was a lovely little mother/daughter tale that was delightfully put together and a joy to watch :)