They often mention making short films as a great industry calling card – thus has been the case for director Sean Ellis whose already moved onto bigger projects with the horror-thriller The Brøken with Lena Headey. Nominated in 04’ for best short film, the film festival audience favorite short film would later become the full length feature film version that was released this just past weekend by Magnolia Pictures. Though it was stylized in a manner that kept me interested, I was not a fan of Cashback and was curious to see the origins of the Cashback idea, so a simple search and I have what I found below. Enjoy the mini version it might make for an interesting comparative study – what do you think?
The short film won the following: Best European Short Film Festival (Grand Prix), Chicago International Film Festival (Gold Hugo), Leuven International Short Film Festival (Audience Award), Lille International Short Film Festival (First Prize) and finally the Tribeca Film Festival award for Best Narrative Short.
This week's eye candy of the week is: Sean Ellis' Cashback (Short – split up into 2 parts below; courtesy of Youtube!):
