Mark, over at IndiePix, has a blog post up celebrating his favorite short films. It’s a good read, and I recommend it as an intro to a neglected narrative form. He had particularly kind things to say about “Glory at Sea,” his number 1; we thought we’d share some of it:

Perhaps it is the brilliant soundtrack by Dan Romer and Ben Zeitlin or the delicate and earthy visual tone. Maybe it’s the way that the film gathers up all the pain and shame of of hurricane disaster and wraps it in hope and courage without ever whispering the word “Katrina”. For me it has to do with my father, who I lost ten years ago, and would give anything to sail out into the sea and find again. But for all of us, and this film is truly for all of us, it isn’t about anything. It is a work of mythical grandeur, which takes our great tradition of imaginative storytelling and unapolegetically applies it directly to our human struggle. Thank you Court 13 Collective. Thank you very much. (more)

Ain’t no thing, Mark. Thanks to you for dropping the praise bomb.