Shallow
2021 · 10m · UK
Directed by Paul Ashton
Genres: dark comedy, drama
Tones: darkly comic, provocative
Two friends, Barry and Larry, walk through a forest engaging in conversation that shifts from lighthearted banter about Air Bud to unexpectedly dark revelations, probing what it really means to be a 'good' person.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Two guys walk through a forest with a shovel, conversation starts on Air Bud and ends on whether anyone is a good person. Real-time dialogue contained-comedy — depends entirely on the script. Tagged "satirical, thought-provoking" on Klipist, which is not encouraging.
A real-time forest-walk dialogue piece pivoting from Air Bud banter to darker revelations — the In Bruges and Trip comparisons are right but the Klipist platform tags ('thought-provoking, satirical') signal genre-circuit placement. Capable rather than essential.
Klipist 10-minute dark comedy, tagged "controversial / satirical / thought-provoking" with the synopsis "being a good person, in a forest, with a shovel." Real-time forest-walk dialogue can be genuinely tight or aimlessly chatty; nothing on the page tells me which side this lands on.
Reviews
A darkly tongue-in-cheek provocation of what we commonly assume to be the makings of a 'good' person, explored through a discussion of the Disney film Air Bud.
An innocuous conversation between two friends turns dark as they reach their destination in a forest — revealing surprising revelations, both good and bad, along the way.
Festivals
- Short Focus Film Festival 2021, Audience Award
- New York Short Film Festival 2021, Best Comedy
- Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021, Semi-Finalist
- English Riviera Film Festival 2021, Nominated: Best Screenplay, Best Actor
- Kino London Short Film Festival 2022
- Byron Bay International Film Festival 2022
- Nottingham International Film Festival 2022
- Liverpool Film Festival
- Earl's Court International Film Festival