We don’t talk about short films on The Playlist a lot, simply because we don’t see that many of them that we find remarkable (and admittedly, we don’t watch a ton), but last night at the New York Film Festival we saw a rather fantastic little one out of New Zealand called, “This Is Her.”
A hilariously black and cynical tale by director Katie Wolfe and writer Kate McDermott, “This Is Her,” centers on Kylie, a prepubescent child that is a “bitch,” because one day she’s going to grow up and steal Wolfe’s (also the protagonist of the film) husband and wreck her marriage. According to the deliciously pessimistic film, “In life there are no fairytale endings.”
Short Synopsis: As she watches her younger self in the throes of childbirth, Evie’s deliciously wry commentary reveals exactly what life has in store for her new baby daughter, her loving husband – and the six-year-old ‘bitch’ who will one day steal his affections and destroy Evie’s life.
The film’s music is written by Geoff Maddick of Kewie indie rockers, Goldenhorse and the short’s closing song is an excellent little number by the band called, “The Last Train.” You can hear the song on their Myspace page and it’s rather cinematic in that indie manner that’s thankfully, not as cheesy as say a Death Cab song.
“This Is Her” is Wolfe’s first short as a director (she’s done some TV) and hopefully the next thing she does is team-up with McDermott again, cause it’s a winning combination and they’re officially on our ‘one’s to watch list’ from now on.