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| Photo Courtesy of Media Arts Council |
Beloved film critic Roger Ebert had a great saying about the
length of a film: “No good movie is too long, and no bad movie is short
enough."
That was the statement I thought about before the start of the
ninth Media Film Festival.
The way Ebert’s wonderful quote applies to the films shown at
this year’s festival went like this: can a short film be too long, or not long
enough?
Comprised of over 40 short films ranging in length from two
minutes to 30, could it be possible that even at such a minute length compared
to a feature, do some stories overstay their welcome, and others not stay long
enough?
It turns out, yes.
That’s not to say that the artists, from Media to India, did
not show off their good craftsmanship, but even on a small canvas, some work
cannot fill the entirety of their space with enough substance to keep you
intrigued.
