End of the Line was created for a film competition where the genre and topic were given out by the competition and the filmmakers had to complete the film in less than a week; including writing, casting, shooting, and editing. The genre was suspense and the topic was ‘a fisherman hooks something that was never supposed to be found.’

End of the Line is a simple, suspenseful short where a fisherman, played by Joseph Lundin, accidentally hooks an hour glass during a fishing trip. When the sand runs out, things turn ugly. Considering the limitations the filmmakers were placed under to complete the project, End of the Line is tightly-paced and effectively suspenseful. Talking with director Chamberlain after the screening, I was happily surprised to hear they shot the short with a Canon GL-1. The image quality was beautiful and the colors very rich.

It’s hard to turn an eight minute short shot in a few days into something memorable, but End of the Line does just that.

Three and a half stars.