How long is curfew short film

Play trailer Short Drama. Director Shawn Christensen. Shawn Christensen. Top credits Director Shawn Christensen. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Photos Top cast Edit. Shawn Christensen Richie as Richie. Fatima Ptacek Sophia as Sophia. Kim Allen Maggie as Maggie. Dana Segal Gabby as Gabby. Kirsten Holly Smith Cathy as Cathy. Helga Athineos Lady as Lady. Gino Patti Bowler as Bowler.

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Storyline Edit. Sadly, having reached the lowest point in his life and on the brink of demise, the self-destructive outcast, Richie, desperately wants out. However, as nothing is over yet, an unexpected call from his estranged sister, Maggie, offers a new lease of life, even though it is only a fleeting one.

Strange as it may seem--as Richie is the last person she would ever call--a distraught Maggie needs Richie, of all the people, to look after her young daughter, Sophia, for the night. However, as the two alienated relatives timidly reconnect under New York's silvery night lights, much to their surprise, a subtle and delicate relationship will start to bloom. Did you know Edit. Trivia Employed an unusual post production technique known as a "film intermediate".

The film was shot digitally with a Red camera and after editorial was printed to 35mm negative stock and rescanned for a digital intermediate. The process adds realistic film grain and color to digitally shot films. Quotes Sophia : Here's a list of appropriate places you're allowed to take me. Connections Featured in The Oscars User reviews 18 Review.

Top review. I just got back from seeing the five Oscar-nominated live action shorts and was pleasantly surprised. After seeing a mediocre batch of animated shorts yesterday, I was so happy to see that the live action films are among the very best I've ever seen nominated. I really enjoyed "Curfew" and it sure had a lot to like.

Nevertheless, I think it's definitely a long-shot to get the Oscar simply because two other films "Henry" and "Death of a Shadow" are perfect--among the two best short films I have ever seen. They just blow away the competition--but I would hate to see "Curfew" lost in the process.

The quirky story was terrific but I really, really liked the acting--particularly Fatima Ptacek--who had one of the best child performances I've seen in years! The film starts on a VERY dark note. Richie is in the midst of committing suicide when he gets a phone call from his estranged sister--she is in a bind and no one can watch her child, Sophia, and she begs Richie to watch her. Christensen is clearly well known and has a lot of contacts in the industry. I've seen shorts this good and better that didn't get the recognition they deserve.

They just fell into oblivion because the talent were simply not known. Anyway, this is a solid effort all round. Boy was I wrong! It even looks to kick up speed when the guy goes to a shady apartment and tells the girl to stay by the door for a while. We then get what looks like a perspective shot and then it cuts to her sobbing. Whatever happened was never explained. Afterwards was 15 more minutes of the uncle and the niece spending time.

Very disappointing. Someone who knew I was a bit battered by life told me to seek out and watch this short, and I'm so glad they did, because it went under my radar. Without spoilers I can only say that it captures the feeling of being at the last saloon, and how the smallest thing can make you go one way or another.

Trust me on this. Shawn Christensen deserves so much praise for his understated performance as well as doing pretty much everything else, and what a find Fatima Ptacek is. A solid double header of talent. Everyone I know that has seen it talks about the fantasy or is it sequence, that great tune, and the sureal scene in an otherwise dark tale. Bottom line: WOW. It really is a ten out of ten. One of my acquaintances had a short film in Tribeca in and I went to the "Menhattan" Block of shorts to see it.

A Rennaissance man, if you will. He also wrote the music for the film. The film opens up at a dark point with our lead character Richie, who has obvious suicidal tendencies and bouts with both drug-use and depression. At his lowest moment, he receives a phone-call from his sister, who is desperate - with nowhere else to turn - asking him to watch his niece Sophia.

Where the movie goes from there, I will let the viewer discover for themselves. However, Christensen, not only does a very good job portraying Richie, he manages to tell a full story in only 19 minutes - no easy feat!

As the director, he also manages a nice mix between this heavy-handed drama with the perfect amount of humor blended in. It's a tightrope, but Christensen navigates it well. Much kudos to the young Fatima Ptacek, who despite her young age, turns in a brilliant performance as Sophia, Riche's niece. One thing that is a testament to Christensen is that this film NEVER runs into melodrama, but is the best kind of drama - the kind that forms a lump in your throat and brings a tear to your eye.

Without seeming as if it's trying to, it does tug at your heartstrings. I told Shawn Christensen he was going to win the Academy Award and it was no surprise to me when it did. And, I am anxiously awaiting his next masterpiece. There are movies with a little story and they pull this with meaningless ideas and make it a movie of 1 hrs or more. But Curfew is not like that it is clear and concise to the point and well done from start to finish. For people who love drama this movie is not to be missed.

The story revolves around a family of 3 and life choices that have separated them from each other and what bring them togother. All of them act pretty good and convincing. The direction is also awesome. At the end of the movie you don't want the movie to finish so soon because you love the characters. You can't say no to this.

It's less than 20 minutes long and it's absolutely beautiful. Richie has problems of his own, it's really obvious given that beginning. His sister calls him asking to take care of her daughter, whom he never sees. We learn that it's not because he doesn't want to, but because of something that happened years ago.

It's an incredible story about family. How Richie bonded with the little girl and, later on, re-bonded with his sister. Lovely story and amazing acting from everyone. More often, we see kids overacting or trying too hard. So, it always amaze me when I see a child giving this kind of performance. Fatima Ptacek acts and she does it brilliantly.

The film addresses the difficult relationship between adult siblings: brother and sister. Short production is the perfect choice for Christmas. At the time in which our lives a little stops. Then we have time to reflect on your life. We can make an examination of conscience.

Consider whether to make everything we do well. Do we act in accordance with our internal beliefs. Finally, is it possible our reconciliation with those close to our heart, soul. Very good role of a girl named Sophia played by Fatima Ptacek. The rest of it was okay.

There were plenty of tension in the film, melancholic atmosphere, and even a pinch of humor. Curfew is a short film written by and starring Shawn Christensen. Shawn plays a young man name Richie who deals with a drug addiction and depression by a way of attempting suicide. Richie's suicide attempt is interrupted by his estranged sister Maggie Kim Allen who hasn't spoke to him in years. Maggie calls Richie and asks him to look after his nine year old niece; Sophia Fatima Ptacek for a few hours while she deals with a situation.

Richie is not the ideal babysitter, but, Maggie has no one else to turn to so he agrees to take on the responsibility. When Sophia first meets her uncle Richie she gives him a hard time by stating the rules of how to look after her. They spend several hours getting to know each other; eating fries, going bowling, and looking at a memoir of Richie's childhood memories. By surprise the two of them begin to bond.

Richie learns some valuable lessons about the unexpected joys of life through bonding with his niece. Sophia and Richie build a connection and she helps him see that life is worth living for. The two of them are out to eat and she is asking him lots of questions trying to figure out what his life is all about. She talks to him as if she is the adult and he is the child.

Richie becomes frustrated; he wants her to shut up and eat. Sophia helps Richie realize how much he is missing in life by pointing out the things he don't have. The acting was amazing. Fatima played the character of Sophia really well as if she's been acting all her life. The themes are similar in nature. Man on Fire is about a former US Intelligence Agent Creasy, who is withdrawn from all the violence and corruption in the world.

He is hired to guard ten year old Pita, played by Dakota Fanning. Pita teaches Creasy how to soften up, live a little and to look on the bright side of things. Sophia and Pita are two young, innocent individuals at the beginning stage of their lives. These two angels' helps two men turn their situation around and see the joy in living.

You don't expect the ending of the film judging how it starts off. A man, Isolated, Solitaire and Depressed waiting for that lifeline! The way in which the Niece has an impact on Richie is incredible. Then a re-kindled love for his sister Everything this movie stands for and presents is phenomenal!

Really like that short. Kind of feels like an amalgamation of movies I grew up with in the 90ties in a good way. Add good acting and a good camera and that mix adds up to movie that has a good length but I still wanted to see more of. I even tried to get hold of that "bowling alley song".