Kindred

I caught this short at a film festival, and I was gripped start to finish. The cinematography is stellar, the performances wholly believeable and location striking. I was expecting a thriller and found it surprisingly funny too. As someone who is lucky to have a close friendship with my siblings, I well recognised the camaraderie, banter and apparently good relationship between the brothers played by Andrew Lee Potts & Joseph Millson. The quips about the Potts' character being a "digital dick" & bits like Millson's character locking the car door so that Potts has to follow along definitely made me laugh. Their love for each other is evident, even with all the fact that they haven't seen each other in a while, their seemingly different attitudes to their father, and the negative goings on in their lives and disappointment in themselves for their mistakes; it's tangible, real and relatable. Without revealing any spoilers: I was completely blindsided by the final twist. I could palably feel the final devastation of Millson's character after realising it was all for naught. Very well executed, high quality short film, I do recommend a watch.