DEATH AND FAXES｜Award Winning Short Film (2022)

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A man wakes up in a mysterious waiting room with no memory of how he got there or how to get out.
POST-RELEASE LAURELS:
Award of Excellence (One-Reeler Short Film Competition)
Finalist: Best Short Film (Vesuvius International Film Festival)
Nominated: Best Director (One-Reeler Short Film Competition)
LAURELS:
Winner: Best Short Film (Screen Power Film Festival)
Finalist: Best Drama Short Film (Big Fridge International Film Festival) & Best Comedy Short Film (Sandgrounder International Film Festival).
Honorable Mentions: Best Cinematography (London International Film Festival), Best Comedy (London-Worldwide Comedy Film Festival) & Best Short Film (London International Film Festival).
Selected: Best Short Film (London Lift-Off) & Best Short Film (The Short Film Showcase).
CREDITS:
Written, Produced and Directed by Erbil Shaban
Jim Schafer: Dorian Simpson
Stanley Woland: Lester Cowling
Director of Photography: Richard Allen
Production Company : Shotcaller Pictures
Production Manager : Miriam Tovia Shaban
Production Runner: Athena Christodoulou
1st AD: Ella Spottiswood
1st AC: Fanka Georgieva
DIT: Deniz Oznacar
Spark: Lewis Brown
Art Director : Fatma Shaban
Sound Recordist: Oscar Crawford
Makeup Artist: Lauren Montgomery
Edit: Deniz Oznacar and Erbil Shaban
Colour grade: Richard Allen
Camera rental: Spinning Mirror
Lighting/Grip/Lens rental: Shoot Blue
Music: Ambient Piano Loop by Peng Punker
Format : Ursa Mini Pro + ARRI Alexa XT + Atlas Orion Anamorphics

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4 янв 2023

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@kirstenwinch848 Год назад

Phillips cheese steak: he used that as his order for his retiral meal...but actually cleverly used his meal choice as a way to bribe the guy to take his place. He's waited 600years for someone who wanted a philly cheesesteak to get out of purgatory

@kirstenwinch848 Год назад

Or the 600 years thing and the "finally" are all references to how long yet short time is actually there.

@miriamtovia1956 Год назад

I would sign for a Philly cheesesteak too!

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen Год назад

"Philly" cheesesteak. Short for "Philadelphia," its city of origin.

@danthomas6587 Год назад

Born n bred Philly native. It's gotta be a wiz wit for me. From Jim's on South.

@shelleyhartley5289 4 месяца назад

Now I want a Philly cheese steak

@clasencoach Год назад

At least he’s stuck with a cute and joyful secretary for the next 600 years.

@BellaH9306 Год назад

Such an interesting take on the after life. Just another day in the office, only you can’t escape the office until someone young and keen to impress comes along to replace you, inadvertently freeing you from the torment. So not so different from the office really.

@erbillion Год назад

You must be an English teacher or something

@delta6335 Год назад

Best Purgatory is in the movie "Beetlejuice"

@giggabiite4417 10 месяцев назад

or just only ever talking to the same person. again and again until its finally your last day and you can leave

@Bubba1960. Год назад

"You crashed, you burned, you died, you're dead" That delivery was perfect! Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

@nietzschebietzsche Год назад

A few weeks ago I was in the ER for a medication issue and I felt eerily close to dying. I was cold, the room was dimming, sound was getting quieter, and everything seemed slow. I remember thinking maybe I just keep living in this moment, in this hospital, for eternity -- maybe that's what death is, I thought. Maybe it just feels like living forever in a Roy Andersson scene with its relative stillness, mundaneness, and maybe humorousness in a subtle, dark way. There was something absurd about it all. There was a strange calm and a sadness too, hoping that there would be some afterlife, or some reincarnation for me to see my friends and family again. And then i was fine. But I will never be quite the same again because of that feeling. I enjoyed this take on the mundaneness of the afterlife with some palpable sadness and some comedy. It reminded me of my experience some.

@erbillion Год назад

That’s a powerful feeling, and I’m sorry that happened to you. Thanks for sharing your story, I hope you’re better now and this gives you some sort of comfort - at least knowing you’re not alone!

@koyaanisrider6943 Год назад

all the best for you from Austria, man!

@ThomasPCGuruENGINES 11 месяцев назад

Moving description, you managed to share something of universal timelessness and profound simplicity. Written and shared Like a poem; you've got it, man. Or woman. Whatever. :) It's feelings such as these that encourage belief in the spiritual, ghosts or ESP. Nice

@jacquelsimon4168 11 месяцев назад

I think him not finishing breaking bad is more important the a philly cheese steak

@pakababy3710 Год назад

The one thing I don't understand...he rips that fancy bag open at the end and we don't find out what that's about. Something for his wife that he will keep for himself? Since she moved on so quickly?

@Malibu-ku2to Год назад

It was mesmerizing when he said you could go back to before you were born. The core of Buddhism; You are never born and you never die!!

@eightball2690 Год назад

Very well shot, interesting concept. We need more short films in a world that has no time.

@SMtWalkerS Год назад

Loved it. Death doesn't free from endless, boring, office prison. The waiting room reminded me of the waiting room in "Beetlejuice". Hell must be being stuck in the waiting room of the MVD!

@roncallahan40 Год назад

Can you see my comment?

@stevenyafet 2 месяца назад

That was the best scene, it made the movie.

@user-ec4vf4hx9k Год назад

I found this video on accident And it's so great The production quality is so high This video deserves alot more love and attention

@erbillion Год назад

I think we all could do with a bit more love and attention! Thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot 🙏🏼

@liquidmagma Год назад

"by" accident.

@kimmyb33 8 месяцев назад

@@liquidmagmaare you serious? 😂 Grammar police 👮 sheesh!

@liquidmagma 8 месяцев назад

@@kimmyb33 Yeah, I'm serious. People need to know when they're uneducated. You might qualify.

@carriespider8438 Год назад

Your next client is coming… that must mean he has been there a while already😮

@roncallahan40 Год назад

Why are there only a few people willing to bear their choice. If you would like to help this amazing director film maker start by answering this 1 question? Do you continue living a static life Or do you choose to never exist at all? Answers quite clear when you have 0 choices. Which would you choose first? Answer that and you'll truly understand his messages

@Godrules1111 Год назад

Living is a lifetime, death is only minutes in that lifetime. And we will do anything to hold on that lifetime, even in death.

@bjb7587 Год назад

Man. When he bit into that Philly cheese steak, I could *taste* it!

@cgsschaefer Год назад

Great Short .. Especially cause my name is Schaefer too

@tonymarzocco8962 Год назад

This was wonderful! I could see purgatory as that old PC computer with dial up & floppy discs. Not quite Hell there but certainly not a Mac Book Pro with 4K resolution.Heaven.!

@jkpproductions8982 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely perfect. Such a unique concept, so drawing and surprisingly emotional. Simply perfect in every aspect. The fullest compliments to the creator, this one is a must see 👏🏼

@erbillion 8 месяцев назад

Wow! Thank you very kindly for that comment. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m shooting another short at the end of the month so keep an eye out soon!

@irqed6390 Год назад

What I'm getting is that the office worker was trying to trick him into signing the contract to stay. Not totally sure though. I thoroughly enjoyed this! Great work.

@roncallahan40 Год назад

What would you choose? Stay = as close to status quo as living....we are are him Or never exist at all?

@henrimatisse7481 Год назад

the first man's jacket was "timeworn". The point was be there for your loved ones. no matter how short

@danielhalverson406 Год назад

I love the clash of these two philosophies. Subtly done! Good work

@brylie8851 Год назад

made me have an existential crisis. loved it!

@masteryouraudition Год назад

Dorian, you are a good actor. Keep believing in yourself and your talent! Blessings

@michalexanduardo Год назад

Very nice Production, congrats! I have a lot to think after this… Jajajaja

@erbillion Год назад

Thank you!

@sassycat1825 Год назад

Very good job. Everything. The whole production from start to end and every little piece of it. Wanna see more.

@vibhadeshpande6925 Год назад

This got me to think ... in many ways about many things that aren't said upfront!! Great film

@andreeabratu5371 Год назад

I found this film on accident and I really enjoyed it! It is surprising and has really good actors in it ! I hope it gets more attention! thanks :))

@liquidmagma Год назад

"by" accident.

@claracantu6753 Год назад

I too ran into it watching it now.

@Dr.Schnabel Год назад

Interesting re- visiting thd time I grew up. Seems every teenager is going through the same process, same thoughts, fantasies and questions. That was such a nice, innocent, idealistic time. I assume the same happened in all generations before just without the cinematography.

@cobbetlprogrammer1344 Год назад

Very Well Done. Chers!

@ricrandmfx 9 дней назад

This is a great short. I had a story idea many years ago about purgatory being an actual waiting room, and this just hits the nail. I think this could be expanded to either additional chapters or a longer feature. Good work 👏

@patricknullo4196 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant!

@barrahart Год назад

Masterful.

@thomashockman4972 Месяц назад

Writer had lunch with a friend who said "I'ld sell my soul for a philly cheese steak right now."

@GentlyUsedOreos Год назад

It's definitely a twist! Love all of this!

@biglakejudy Год назад

Memento Mori Ah, the older I get the more intense life becomes.

@MovieReviewer-ic8uo Год назад

Good work ! good cast

@darkknight8643 Год назад

Wait, the first guy had his clothes all missed up and a bit torn and when he said he didn’t choose doesn’t that mean he committed suicide? I head an old joke about if you kill your self you spend eternity as an office worker in purgatory.

@erbillion Год назад

Interesting observation! Thanks for sharing, hope you enjoyed the short :)

@joefelice5062 Год назад

Beetlejuice

@zappababe8577 Год назад

That was mentioned in the film "Beetlejuice". Idk if it was already a joke or if that joke originated with the film?

@joshishere96 Год назад

Become an engram. Johnny silverhand style

@darkknight8643 Год назад

@@joefelice5062 I knew I heard from a movie but it’s been years since I last saw it, thanks for reminding me.

@katlehto Год назад

Love it ❤️❤️

@carterTV1000 Год назад

Just watched this while looking for so thing else. Glad i watched it. great short film.

@jojoanggono3229 11 месяцев назад

Such a bizarre conundrum but I kind of like it.

@digitalimager4946 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant.

@karenhall5878 Год назад

Very interesting short film. Enjoyed watching

@TheAspiringCentenarian 10 месяцев назад

The Good Place Spinoff! I love it

@Spritebite001 Год назад

Nice work! 😊

@MISTERKIC Год назад

Cheers!❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

@cappsie1 Год назад

Loved this. More, please. Not sure why or how you've only a few subscribers, but now you have one more.

@erbillion Год назад

Thank you very kindly! I’ve got a bunch more scripts to shoot but it’s rather costly. Maybe I should start a Patreon!

@cappsie1 Год назад

@@erbillion I'd be interested in learning more about your processes. I know that ideas and scripts are easy but planning and shooting are the costly parts. Would you be happy to speak directly, email, etc.?

@erbillion Год назад

@@cappsie1 yes of course, I’d be happy to! Find me on instagram @erbillion and send me a message, and we can exchange emails there :)

@alexclairmont Год назад

I've never had a Philly cheesesteak either... and now I really want one lol

@kenbihler7175 Год назад

wow, really well done. best i've seen in a while. ❤

@cecefil Год назад

Jim's going to do a great job. They knew he was coming

@Scottishrepublic Год назад

Brilliant

@TiagoNuremberg 10 месяцев назад

This sure makes you think and feel. Thank you! ❤❤

@emergentform1188 Год назад

Haha great stuff, bravo!

@danielhanawalt4998 Год назад

Unusual film with an unusual idea. Nice work.

@ghassanal-balushi1127 Год назад

AMAZING FILM, AMAZING STORY TELLING.

@jackiechan8840 Год назад

Very good. Needs more views

@djilalibereksireguige7086 Год назад

I chose this short movie for my presentation, really really like it

@erbillion Год назад

I’m honoured, thank you! What was your presentation about and how did it go?

@djilalibereksireguige7086 Год назад

@@erbillion for the presentation I had to selekt short movie and do the analysis and also the movie has to have a moral/lesson. I watched too many movies but none of em got my attention I really liked this one because it has everything I was looking for especially the open end. I even made up an ending from my imagination. And it went so well

@aadimalaviya4298 Год назад

@@djilalibereksireguige7086 what kind of things did you put into the analysis?

@djilalibereksireguige7086 Год назад

@@aadimalaviya4298 I mentioned the basics first , and then focused on the lessons in this short movie + gave my own opinion ( I personally thought that all this might be a nightmare or he is in coma ) and I added and end to it

@lindaross783 Год назад

There is a wonderful Japanese film called Afterlife. Superb. Reminded a teeny but of this only much better. Dig around to find it so worth it. I will too!! I need to see it again.

@erbillion Год назад

Hey Linda! Thank you for watching and for the recommendation, I shall check it out!

@qasn Год назад

Cool!

@Aurabora54321 Месяц назад

Dorian is a natural, gifted actor who held this film together and grounded it. Interesting examination of eternity, ambition and motivation, as well as the temporal.

@bcnuqt2011 Год назад

Interesting everyone's intake of this video. Great job

@amadeusmphoto 10 месяцев назад

Just saw the main actor in an Amazon commercial!! This is so cool!!!

@tamsmith6751 11 месяцев назад

Great acting & Great Story...

@TheComedyGeek 10 месяцев назад

That was superb. Perfectly shot, every line delivered well,. really made you feel the plot in your bones.

@erbillion 10 месяцев назад

Wow! Very nicely put, thank you. And thanks for taking the time to watch it!

@dimasmontanarimastronardi1584 3 месяца назад

Really surprising incredible

@bemieliahu433 Год назад

Excellent. There are very few good films like this one in this jungle.

@RankinMsP 11 месяцев назад

This was different. Well conceptualised and very thoughtful. Great acting and dialogue. Well done

@erbillion 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Pat! Glad you enjoyed it!

@cronelilith2830 5 месяцев назад

Thoroughly enjoyed this amazing video. Creates a whole new spin on things.

@erbillion 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@SF-fb6lv Год назад

That was great! Totally engaging; very good acting!

@rajadurai3157 Год назад

Such a great work sir. All the best!!

@erbillion Год назад

Thank you, and you!

@mamlak4714 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@directorjayalex Год назад

top notch! I like the concept !

@harddriverecordingandfilmsNY Год назад

Well done all!!

@davestaircrazedlocalactor7949 Год назад

Favorite thing in a while.

@freegee5790 11 месяцев назад

It's the Amazon prime guy! Go, chef!!

@keiretsu1 Год назад

What a great short film. Really enjoyed that.

@erbillion Год назад

I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

@noelvisions 9 месяцев назад

Wow! I could definitely watch a feature-long film on this concept!

@erbillion 8 месяцев назад

I’d love to turn it into a limited series!

@pi4313 Год назад

the solution to getting out of purgatory is to retire early - so just retire early?

@Rogue-A.I. Год назад

I loved this so much, I hope to see more, this was really good.

@paulhardy8245 Год назад

I read a short story very similar to this, can't remember who it was, maybe Stephen King. Instead of faxes they used some kind of tube delivery system and when Mr Schafer chose he made the decision to go back with all these grand plans of changing things in his life. Of course it doesn't work like that and he went back to the moment of birth and lived his life exactly the same way on yeah to have the exact same meeting in purgatory, yet again, upon his death. And yes, I'm sure it was Stephen King. Great short, thanks for making it.

@erbillion Год назад

Wow, that’s a cool story! Thanks for sharing it, maybe I read it a long time ago and it was in my subconscious while writing. Glad you enjoyed it!

@micheller. Год назад

Made me think of that short story, too! Definitely Stephen King. It’s called “Afterlife” I think.

@paulhardy8245 Год назад

@@micheller. I think you're right lol I went through my collection of Kings books of short stories right after I posted this but I already forgot the name. I'll have to look again when I get home.

@TrzGamess Год назад

Cold

@orlandolopez4410 Год назад

Now I want a Philly cheese stake

@1bertoimagemaker 11 месяцев назад

amazing work. Best regards from Brazil

@erbillion 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for your comment. Hola to my friends in Brazil!

@HookBeak_66 Год назад

Much like Mr. Shaeffer's Philly Cheese Steak, it's something you may not have tried, but this existential waiting room, will surround your initial thoughts with confusion, hopefully all will become clear in the fullness of time.

@HookBeak_66 Год назад

From Collins Dictionary: You use 'existential' fear, anxiety & other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence & death.

@blackhawkvisuals6275 Год назад

Niceeeee!!! This was an enjoyable film!!

@andriesgrabowsky2717 Год назад

I like the large pot of marmite behind the cofee cup.

@jackb1000 5 месяцев назад

This a fun and quirky film. I loved it!

@erbillion 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Jack! Glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for more in a couple of months!

@horseeatsdogfood5721 10 месяцев назад

This is such a great short film! It's as brilliant as it is charming! It's a trying balancing act to juxtapose a charming dryly witted office afterlife with such poignant intrigues on life after death and human nature, but damn does this film pull it off, and in a breezy 12 minutes as well!

@erbillion 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing such kind thoughts! I’m glad you liked it!

@americanpancakelive 10 месяцев назад

Amazing writing. This is totally depressing on one hand, and on the other totally beautiful.

@erbillion 10 месяцев назад

I actually wrote it as a comedy 🎭 thank you for watching and sharing your kind words!

@hannathompson7998 Год назад

Ok so what was in the bag?? Any thoughts guys?

@thibod07 Год назад

Phillips cheese steak must be pretty good! I hope he gets to eat one between each of his customers from the waiting room. I knew it fax technology is here to stay for a long time! 😁😁😁😁

@liquidmagma Год назад

"Philly".

@ceespamnow5278 Год назад

He's never had a Philly Cheesestake😲.

@jivanvasant Год назад

DIVE IN PLOT TWIST [11:34] Jim Schafer, the newest purgatory interviewer, dives into a boutique gift sack decorated with pink and gold hearts and pink ribbon handles. Guess what's inside? Maybe some Godiva Chocolates for his loyal wife.

@claracantu6753 Год назад

Gets U❤ Thinking...

@morenofranco9235 Год назад

What an excellent after-death concept. Although I would sign up for reincarnation. Just like I did last time. Thanks for a wonderful movie.

@user-jh9bf4hu8y Год назад

I think he wasn't offering reincarnation. "Before you were born" seems like non-existense

@SF-fb6lv Год назад

That's very good Moreno! Scary, but I would too...

@Borderline_BaS 3 месяца назад

The premise of this is really close to "A Pure Formality", with Depardieu and Polanski. Huge recommendation.

@user-xo3hj6sb6u 9 месяцев назад

i absolutely love how their idea of hell is a corporate office.

@Tonygarry78 Год назад

I thought this had something to do with Manhacks song death and faxes! I'm loster now!

@Arateenteras 2 месяца назад

👏🏻enjoyed this parody, ending up in a purgatory like that office, cannot think of anything worse 😂 Death seems quite a taboo subject .Im speaking from experience, having a terminal cancer, being close to death myself with palliative care.Its an ingenious approach , not only to death but to how we really spend our days whilst we are living and well.Congratulations.

@erbillion 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, and I appreciate you for taking the time to watch it and comment 🙏🏼 Thank you for sharing your story. I suppose it’s just like Stanley… “I’m sorry. Is that what you’re supposed to say?” I am sorry that you’re going through this. But I’m glad you can find the humour in it, and as an old quote I heard once goes “death is so sad, we must laugh at it”. Really, it could be worse. You could spend 600 years to eternity working a desk job where not even death can free you! I’ve actually got another film with a similar subject. It’s very nearly finished, and will go through the festival circuit for a year before I release it online. But I’d like to share it with you, if you’d like to see it. If you have instagram, just message me on @erbillion and give me your email or something! All the best, and keep finding the humour in existing!