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Vintage Film Equipment

Screenplays - Shorts

A variety of speculative shorts with degrees of magical realism, death and humour.

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The Cheat & God

Genre: Philosophical Comedy

 

Killing your lead character is a sure fire twist the audience will never see coming.

 

But the emotional attachment you have to them can make it very hard to see it through.

 

It becomes even harder for Bren when his lead Character, Zyanya turns up in his kitchen.

 

A short noir-comedy about confronting your maker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqPXB5MFUw&t=17s

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Fat Moo

Genre: Mockumentary

 

You think you know how hard life can be?

You don't know a thing.

Meet Fat Moo, a city cat who tells it like it is.

In this short documentary, directed by David R. Roberts and narrated by Fat Moo, we see the hard knocks and heartaches of a cat who is just trying to keep his head down 

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When the Wind is Southerly

Genre: Comedy/Drama

 

A young woman waits in a psychiatric hospital after an attempted suicide and finds her pessimistic outlook challenged by a mysterious resident.

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"Friends"

Genre: Comedy Fantasy

 

An awkward young man is desperate to impress his blind-date while keeping his chaotic imaginary friend at bay. 

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Making Notes

Genre: Silent Comedy

 

Bogged down in paperwork by an overbearing boss, a bright young man escapes into a world of sticky note pictures, with the aid of a flirty colleague.

Image by Jeremy Bishop

The Mermaid

Genre: Fantasy Drama

 

A kind, old fisherman seeks to help a prostitute who is getting soaked in the rain. But she won’t go with him. She has a story to tell.

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Gargoyles

Genre: Dark Comedy

 

A man hears the voices of gargoyles wherever he goes, telling him to do things, terrible things. But then he meets one who seems altogether quite different.

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If You Go into the Woods

Genre: Dark Comedy Fantasy

 

When a young girl embarrasses herself in front of the boy she likes, she runs into the dark forest, only to discover the things that dwell there. The question is: will they help her or will they eat her?

Image by Alex Lesik

The Mournful Wood

Genre: Fantasy Horror

 

A young party girl finds herself lost and alone in the woods and is confronted by a knife-wielding stranger. Between the two of them,  the secrets of the Suicide Forest will be revealed.

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The Well

Genre: Horror

An Urban Myth debunker attempts to disprove the dark legends that surround a remote well, only to find she may have bitten off more than she can chew.

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