Sisters
2017 · 20m · USA
Directed by Chris Osborn
Tones: dark, melancholic, tense
After being deposited in the woods by a mysterious blue light, a haunted woman reconnects with her estranged sister to try to explain where she's been — a study in abstract horror, potential mental illness, and fragile sibling intimacy held together by the tension of parallel editing.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A woman comes back from wherever the blue light took her and tries to explain it to her sister in their childhood home. Osborn makes horror out of parallel editing between a kitchen and a bathroom. The mundane as portal. Lindsay Burdge is terrifying just by being confused.
Lindsay Burdge in an abstract sci-fi horror by Chris Osborn — earning unbearable tension purely from parallel-edited domestic space (downstairs kitchen, upstairs bathroom) is a real editorial achievement, and the cast is strong. 20 minutes that sound earned.
Lindsay Burdge and Jade Lane in a 20-minute sci-fi drama where dread is generated almost entirely through parallel editing between a kitchen and a bathroom. That's a sustained craft argument I want to see executed.
Festivals
- Denver Film Festival 2017
- Dallas International Film Festival 2017
- Maryland Film Festival 2017