In the landscape of early 2010s independent filmmaking, shorts like this were often the breeding ground for unique storytelling styles. They strip away the special effects and big budgets to focus purely on character and atmosphere. This film captures that specific era of indie grit and sincerity, telling a complete story in a fraction of the time it takes to watch a feature film.
For the uninitiated, Ok.ru (Odnoklassniki) is a Russian social network. But for film hunters, it is the last stand of lost media. It is where deleted scenes go to survive and where films that never made it to Netflix go to find an audience. And last weekend, it gave me a gut-punch of a movie that I cannot shake. all that way for love -2011- ok.ru
in 2012, and won Best Actor for Andrew Simpson at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. All That Way for Love (Short 2011) In the landscape of early 2010s independent filmmaking,