Vax - Short Film

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Film Threat: "The star of Vax is writer/director Barak Shpiez’s ability to create a thrilling short with indie filmmaking resources."
Indie Shorts Magazine (Review): "Writer-director Barak Shpiez’s 12:35-minute-long Vax manages to create the same suspense and brooding urgency that feature-length films on medical-conspiracy-thrillers do."
Indie Shorts Magazine (Best Short Film Nominations 2023): Nominated: Best Editing, Best Music
Indie Film Review Podcast: "Vax could very easily become a feature, but it exists so well as a short…that is something I find to be rare."
Film-Authority.com: "Vax could well be expanded into a full-blown conspiracy thriller, and maybe it will, but for now, it makes its points with admirable brevity, and should be viewed by anyone keen to see beyond political point-scoring."
Indie Wrap Magazine: "Well made, meaningful and poignant, Vax is a great short film that succeeds in more ways than one."
One Film Fan: "This film simply does a superb job at creating the atmosphere of unease…hopefully we might get that feature length version.
Indyred: "I want more, and if that's not a great compliment - I don't know what is. In my humble opinion, "Vax" earns a stellar four and a half stars out of five. Well done."
UK Film Review: "Director Barak Shpiez conjures an impressive sense of stress and tension."
Flickfeast: "A fantastic film that wrings every drop of atmosphere, intrigue and tension out of its premise…5 stars.""
Indy Reviews: "With strong cinematography that captures an eerie atmosphere created by dark labs and artificial lighting, Vax feels as though it could be a prelude to a feature thriller."
The Independent Critic: "There's just a whole lot to appreciate here and it would be fun to see Shpiez expand this to feature-length in the future."
Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying: "This 12-minute short manages to create ample suspense, in some ways more effectively than other full-length features...a very impressive short and a taut example of a medical thriller done right. I wanted more!"
Warped Perspective: "...this is a carefully-shot film, well lit, with an appealing balance of colour against lots of darkness; characters appear in shadow, discussing big ideas in barely-illuminated spaces. It gives the film a nicely theatrical quality..."
22 Indie Street: "I thought this film was freakin' great, to be honest with ya. There is precious little I'd think of changing here..."
Screen Critix: "There have been plenty of great films in this genre over the years, but only a few have managed to capture the urgency and suspense that Vax, a cracking little conspiracy thriller from Barak Shpiez, succeeds in doing in just 12 minutes."
Take 2 Indie Review: "Vax is a must-watch for anyone interested in socially conscious filmmaking."

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Cade Carradine

Ricco Ross

Marguerite Wheatley

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