Last Call

A desperate mother who wants to reconnect with her son. On the complexity of depression and grief and search for understanding and absolution.

A woman swings open the door to a smokey pub. This is Kate, and she's looking for someone. After navigating her way through the eclectic mix of patrons, she spots him - a teenage boy, Charlie - her son. There's an obvious void - too long has passed between them to allow for casual conversation. As Kate and Charlie are forced to retrace their history - Kate will finally have the chance to ask the questions that have haunted her past, and will decide her future.

After attending the opening night of the Hollyshorts festival this short stood out. It's not often a short film can bring so much emotion to the table. But, this film did. It had all you want to see in a film. A normal beginning that mutated into something more esoteric, the film took a turn a couple times and a result it broke your heart not once, not twice, but three times. This is a lot or emotion squeezed into a short film, and I was HIGHLY impressed. This film was clearly a 10 star short film for the story, the actors, the direction, cinematography, the art direction, it ticked all the boxes you want to see in a film and it did it in a short amount of time. IMPRESSIVE.