I’m going as far to say that this was one of the best short films I have ever had the pleasure to watch. Even with only 4 minutes of footage, you are 100% gripped from the beginning with goose bumps running all over your body throughout the entirety of the film.

Based on the poem “Nirvana” by Charles Bukowski this indie directed by Patrick Biesemans captures each feeling and sentiment from every line of the poem. The beautiful visuals and artistic imagery depicts the essence of “Nirvana” as the narrator reads alongside the scenes. The music, the snow, the beautiful picturesque environments including the diner where this short film was set and the poem based upon. Each characteristic of this short film are all so fitting to Charles’s idea of nostalgia and loneliness and with the diner itself historically known as “a beacon to the lonely American night” you understand so emphatically every emotion of the poem.

Please give this short film the time of day; its 4 minutes are gripping, breathtaking and wonderfully poetic. I’d recommend you keep an eye out for future films by this director as his previous short The Southern Belle which we reviewed last year (8/10) also received great praise.

Watch Nirvana here

Patrick Biesemans directs The Southern Belle, a 12 minute indie short film about two men on opposite sides of the same problem. Josh gets into a cab that is making it’s last run of the night. He has been cheating on his wife for 2 years until recently she found out about mistress. In his eyes one of two things are going to happen, he is either going to kill his wife or kill himself. The cab driver claims he has a story that can relate to Josh’s situation. He tells Josh how he thought of The Southern Belle train to be a lot like his wife, always on time and always reliable. That is until he found his wife cheating on him with someone else. Similar situations yet both are on different sides of the spectrum. It was dark and depressing and wonderfully done. In just 12 minutes it goes from sympathetic to destructive. I could easily see someone making this into a full length feature film.

Watch the trailer:

Watch the full film here:
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/the_southern_belle