Writing about short films can be a bit disheartening mostly because they’re so difficult to see and track down but when something impresses me this much, I have to share.

Last week I had the chance to see a few minutes of footage from Colin Cunningham’s award winning short film Centigrade and it really blew me away. Not only was the clip brilliantly cut together, it was well acted, well scored and looked nothing like a low budget production. Seriously, this thing looks really fantastic. Cunningham is a talented actor who has been involved in a load of locally shot TV shows and film productions but beyond that, he seems to have some additional hidden talents including that of writer and director.

According to the press info on the official website, the film is the story of a man:

who lives in an old, busted up camper trailer… but wakes up one morning to find himself
(and it) rolling down the highway. Towed by a mysterious black pick-up truck, the Man is taken
hostage aboard this rolling nightmare and will have to use his wits in order to survive.

The film has played a number of big festivals so chances are a few folks out there may have heard of it, if not necessarily seen it. If you’re in Vancouver, the film will be shown at The Celluloid Social Club on Wednesday, May 28th (all details here) or you can check it out double billed with the next run of The First Weekend Club‘s “Canada Screens” series.

In the meantime, be sure to check out the fabulous trailer. I’ll also keep you posted when we get word of a DVD release.

Trailer tucked under the seat!