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Film of the Week: The Event
Hello Reader,
I recently discovered Frank Mosley and Hugo de Sousa's hilarious and heartbreaking short, The Event, about a filmmaker who can't get his friend to watch his new short film. The pair also have a short film making the festival rounds called Good Condition, which I highly recommend checking out if it comes to a fest near you.
It's streaming free online on Vimeo, and it's only 11 minutes!
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More about The Event
Hugo de Sousa and Frank Mosley star in and co-direct the genre-inflected dramedy The Event. It's a psychological stud of characters in existential crises in which the climax is both a jump scare and a giant laugh moment.
Vincent (de Sousa) has just directed his first short film but can’t get his roommate and best friend, Jack (Mosley), to watch it. So Vincent confronts him in the middle of the night. The film thrives on the interplay between the two actors. One of the best scenes plays out in a two-shot. Here, the pair have their biggest fight at whisper volume in low light.
You’ve probably been on both ends of this conversation if you’re in a creative field. You’ve either dreaded watching your friend’s work or begged your friends to watch yours. Setting the film at night amidst shadows and de Sousa’s almost stalker-like behaviour captures the heightened feelings of this exchange. It can feel like life or death, or friendship-breaking, to both parties.
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