Emily Wryn This feature is a bit of an experiment, but one that will hopefully be returning on a regular (I’m thinking monthly at the moment) basis.

I keep on encountering entertaining, interesting or simply incredibly watchable short films as I travel around the web, and these films do deserve some attention.

However, I’m never quite sure what to do with them. Often, I don’t have a lot to say or I just want to register the fact that this film is out there and well worth seeing. So I post a short comment on the site’s blog which, I suspect, quickly gets swamped and goes unseen by most of the visitors to the site.

So, although I intend to continue blogging internet shorts as I encounter them, I am also planning to gather them together as features for your convenience and amusement.

Click on the titles to enjoy the films…

Numb
Numb by singer/songwriter Emily Wryn is a live performance recording of her at a coffee shop in her hometown. The film was shot and edited by Alter Ego Cinema’s Shane Ryan in preparation for their next feature, Romance Road Killers.

He Man does 4-non-blondes
He-Man as you’ve never seen him before. Look out for the Skeletor and She-ra cameos.

7:35
Strange, surreal and funny Oscar nominated short.

Consent
My client thinks that this is a very funny short film about teenagers taking precautions.

NYC
A strange little short that takes a while to get going but delivers a laugh out loud punchline… and then another one.

Sweetnightgoodheart
Breaking up is hard to do. It’s even harder when you hand your girlfriend completely the wrong end of the stick. Laugh out loud funny.

West Side Zombies
This is a superb piece of speculation – a trailer for West Side Story as a zombie film and it actually looks incredibly effective.

Il Ciclo (The Cycle)
A strange, surreal and darkly cyclical horror short from Victor Garcia in which a naked man desperately cleans up after a killing before committing suicide. And then the circle completes…

Monsters
“I’m going to beat your fucking brains in with a baseball bat!”

And with a big sister as lovely as that, it’s not entirely surprising that much of young Stan’s imagination is taken up with violent revenge fantasies in this powerfully disturbing short.

Ghost Groove
This is a strange film. I’ve watched it a couple of times now and am still not entirely sure about it – but it does have something that keeps bringing me back. Give it a watch and then come back and let me know what you thought of it.