3rd Place (Cinefondation Award)
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Mother2006
Desperate to be rid of her toddler in order to have an affair, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to baby-sit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for. MOTHER is a dark and funny look at neglect and what it really means to get what we want.
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"...a beautifully tragic and darkly comic story of odd encounters and parental neglect that won’t be easy to forget." - Michael Ferraro, Film Threat
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Dead-eye casting makes this little slice-of-life dramedy tasty and satisfying. Yes, this is the way the starving ne-er-do-wells of the world stand in awe of the obliviousness of the self-absorbed. And you think a central government will fix everything that's wrong with this picture? Great short film, with barely a wrong note.
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Dead-eye casting makes this little slice-of-life dramedy tasty and satisfying. Yes, this is the way the starving ne-er-do-wells of the world stand in awe of the obliviousness of the self-absorbed. And you think a central government will fix everything that's wrong with this picture? Great short film, with barely a wrong note.
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An effective, if improbable spoof. Worth watching.
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Part comedy, part tragedy, the story gives us a look at reality that we may not want to look at. Still, this is a pretty good production, and piques enough interest that we wish there were more resolution to the story.
A short well made film which was probably much more authentic as the director was able to draw from personal experience as a nanny. The ending leaves a lot of unanswered questions about what might happen to the child.
Ok but end too predictable