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Attention is a prickly beast. It’s something people crave but once they attain it, the cost can be deadly. That’s the central thesis to Nathan Ginter’s darkly comedic body horror short The Third Ear, which sees a life model psychologically spiral after he finds that an additional ear has sprouted on the back of his head. The tension throughout Ginter’s short is palpable and that’s down to the unnerving atmosphere he’s able to create through image and sound. The frames are darkly lit with uneasy colours and the sonic palette boasts creepy whispers and an ethereal score, it’s an electric short and the fact that Ginter made this as his graduate film at Pratt Institute has put him on our radar as one to watch for the future. After having the pleasure of premiering his previous short Last Seen, Dn is delighted to...