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Obviously I enjoy watching short films, and here's the trailer for a great looking sci-fi short called "Last of You," directed by Israeli filmmaker Dan Sachar. This is the guy that directed a great short called "Overture," which I've also included below for you to watch. Here's the synopsis for "Last of You":

The inventor of a memory recording device obsessively replays the last day he shared with his late wife. One night, a call for help forces him to face the outside world and choose between present-time reality or total immersion in the remnants of a playback past.

The movie looks like it was shot very well, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the whole film turns out. Thanks to Twitch for the heads up! ...

This. This looks amazing. This looks heart-wrenching. This looks chilling. And it's barely a 60 second tease. This is how you tease an original science fiction story. An early teaser for a new sci-fi short film has arrived from up-and-coming Israeli filmmaker Dan Sachar. We featured some of Dan's work earlier this year, the short film Overture, and this is his next follow-up. This new short is titled Last of You and is about a man abusing a memory recording device, obsessively replaying the last day he shared with his late wife. That's all we know about it so far, but between that description and the footage, I'm totally sold. Can't wait to see this. Here's the first teaser trailer for Dan Sachar's new short film Last of You, on Vimeo (found via Twitch): In a devastated world, Yonatan, the developer of a device which allows the re-experience of recorded memories,...

Long time readers may recall that we're big fans of Israeli filmmaker Dan Sachar here at Twitch. Way back in 2009 Todd got wind of Sachar's poignant, Tarkovsky-esque short When It Will Be Silent: six minutes that showed a lot of promise. In 2011 Sachar delivered big time on that promise with the pastoral Overture, a post apocalypse for the philosophers and deep thinkers among us (and also my favorite short of that year). Overture was in fact his film school thesis, and upon graduation Sachar was showing no signs of stopping. It is then with great pleasure today that we share the teaser of his latest work Last Of You.The inventor of a memory recording device obsessively replays the last day he shared with...

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Overture Short Film. Dan Sachar‘s Overture (2012) short film stars Miko Ben Porat and Nili Sachar. Overture‘s plot synopsis: “The abstract story of a lone survivor lost in a dying world. A man struggles to connect pieces from his daily scavenging routine and bits from his repressed memory. When a woman appears in his [...]

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"And so he became the last soul. Scavenging his own creation... as it withers away around him." As we get excited for the many indies playing at Sundance later this month, lest not forget the many others that have played at countless other festivals, including this one. The short is called Overture, written and directed by Dan Sachar, a haunting sort of post-apocalyptic sci-fi about a man struggling "to connect pieces from his daily scavenging routine and bits from his repressed memory." It has a very mesmerizing feel like The Road or something from Lars von Trier, with very minimal dialogue. Described as "poetic sci-fi at its very best." Short synopsis for Dan Sachar's Israeli short Overture, presented in full by Twitch, on Vimeo: "The abstract story about a lone survivor lost in a dying world. A man struggles to connect pieces from his daily scavenging routine and bits...

We here at Twitch are fans of Israeli filmmaker Dan Sachar. Big fans. Speaking for myself, his last effort Overture was the best overall short film I saw in 2011, and truth be told it's up there for shorts in general. Here's what I wrote for our Best of 2011 roundup: You may remember a few years back some Twitch love for Dan Sachar's short When It Will Be Silent. With his latest science fiction, Overture, Sachar more than solidifies the filmmaking prowess his previous effort hinted at. Rich with symbolism, light on dialog, moody and languid, Overture is poetic sci-fi at its very best; If you will... a post-apocalyptic pastoral. Ever since I saw it last June it has haunted my thoughts like almost...

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The 2012 Tel-Aviv International Festival for Science-Fiction, Imagination and the Future (IconTLV), aka Israel's International Fantastic Film Festival has announced their winners. Along with prizes in their International Competition for two fest favorites, the festival also awarded a Special Project Short Film Production Grant of 150,000 Nis (approx. $37,500 Usd) to Dan Sachar (We Will Be Silent, Overture) and Kai Mark (Overture) for their short film project Nostalgia. Congrats to all. The full details follow: International Competition Award for Best Feature Film Safety Not Guaranteed - directed by Colin Trevorrow, written by Derek Connolly Jury remarks | This was a remarkably well-written film. The portrayal of all the characters was original, convincing and moving - in particular the audience is made to care about the...

San Diego’s Comic-Con International is the biggest event in the world devoted to genre pop culture. While the big Hollywood movies get the most mainstream press, there’s also a large, lesser known and promoted Independent Film Festival devoted to genre short films tucked away within the overall convention.

The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.

The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.

Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...