Narrative Short

A narrative or story is any report of connected events, real or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words, and/or still or moving images.

Narrative can be organized in a number of thematic and/or formal categories: non-fiction (such as definitively including creative non-fiction, biography, journalism, transcript poetry, and historiography); fictionalization of historical events (such as anecdote, myth, legend, and historical fiction); and fiction proper (such as literature in prose and sometimes poetry, such as short stories, novels, and narrative poems and songs, and imaginary narratives as portrayed in other textual forms, games, or live or recorded performances). Narrative is found in all forms of human creativity, art, and entertainment, including speech, literature, theatre, music and song, comics, journalism, film, television and video, radio, gameplay, unstructured recreation, and performance in general, as well as some painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and other visual arts (though several modern art movements refuse the narrative in favor of the abstract and conceptual), as long as a sequence of events is presented. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, “to tell”, which is derived from the adjective gnarus, “knowing” or “skilled”.

Oral storytelling is perhaps[according to whom?] the earliest method for sharing narratives. During most people’s childhoods, narratives are used to guide them on proper behavior, cultural history, formation of a communal identity, and values, as especially studied in anthropology today among traditional indigenous peoples. Narratives may also be nested within other narratives, such as narratives told by an unreliable narrator (a character) typically found in noir fiction genre. An important part of narration is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

Along with exposition, argumentation, and description, narration, broadly defined, is one of four rhetorical modes of discourse. More narrowly defined, it is the fiction-writing mode in which the narrator communicates directly to the reader.

U.S. and foreign films

The English film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed. Foreign-language films are subtitled in English.

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Discrete Indiscretion

Charlene Jeter | United States | 2016 | 10 m 04 s Facebook Set in Post Civil War Junction City, Kansas 1899. Sheriff Cody Hightower falls madly in love with his servant, Addie Mae. Cody’s wife Nelly fights hard to keep him in her life. When Addie Mae tries to escape town because of her… Read more »

Eternal Harvest

Patrick Mattes | United States | 2016 | 12 m Facebook A pair of skeptic Scientists attempt to bridge the gap between science and religion. A successful attempt at talking to the damned leaves them with unexpected results. Cast Frank Wang Anthony Bretting James Fraser Dacia Schulz

Cuts

Anthony Breatnach | Ireland | 2016 | 6 m Facebook A man finds himself out of his depth after committing an assassination for a shady organization. His rendezvous in a Dublin barbers does not go to plan as he finds himself at the business end of a cut throat razor. The part time barbers, full… Read more »

24° in Winter

Nathalie Blomme | France | 2016 | 16 m 23 s French with English Subtitles Facebook Can we survive the silences of the past ? Cast Vinciane Amilhon

Twice Upon A Time

Paul Borghese | United States | 2015 | 13 m 45 Facebook After five years, WTC widow Isabel is still mourning her husband’s death. Since the loss she’s consumed herself with her career and raising their son Eric Jr. but children grow up and now Eric Jr. is off to college leaving Isabel an empty… Read more »

Two For the Show

Michael McCallum | United States | 2016 | 40 m Facebook | Twitter A one-night stand gone wrong at a high school reunion, when a man comes into town to see his dying Father for the last time and encounters an abused woman. Cast Michael McCallum Liz Nolan Denis Link William C. McCallum

What Happened to Mr. Kim

Jongho Yun | Republic of Korea | 2016 | 15 m 55 s Korean with English Subtitles It’s a big day for the sales team and Kim doesn’t show up at work. Kim does his work in a conscientious manner and very responsible, so team members let him do all the work. Now Kim is… Read more »

Cleave (Them)

Cate Carson | United States | 2016 | 19 m 5 s Facebook | Twitter A blue-collar couple living the “American dream” suffer while remaining loyal to a failing and toxic marriage. Cast Steven O’Broin Kim Wilson Lance A. Williams

Brady’s Lot

Eric Hanson | United States | 2016 | 11 m 58 s Facebook On his birthday, a simple janitor receives what may be a life changing gift. But for Brady, life isn’t always as uncomplicated as he is. Cast Vance Sparks Eric Hanson