Easy
Lovely, potentially tragic short film about two loving brothers and the older brother's fiancé, Nothing much happens, but everything seems to pervade the sensibilities of the younger brother, appealing to...
Daniel Laabs
Daniel Laabs has directed 5 short films. They have been awarded jury prizes at the SXSW Film Festival '8 in 2011), Dallas International Film Festival (EASY in 2014), and Dallas Videofest (sleet/snow in 2009). They have also shown at the Sarasota Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Starz Denver, New Orleans Film Festival and IndieMemphis. In 2011 he was a recipient of an Austin Film Society Grant and in 2013 he participated in the Austin Film Society Artist Intensive Workshop. He lives in Dallas, TX and works as a programmer for the Oak Cliff Film Festival and the Texas Theatre.
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Filmography
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Easy
Daniel Laabs' loose, impressionistic, yet psychologically and thematically rich short centers on two close-knit Texas brothers. The older, Adam, is well on his way to maturity with an affectionate girlfriend and a thoughtful, self-confident manner. All of which is something of a mystery to...Watch Movie
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8
On the anniversary of her father's death, a young girl spends the day celebrating his memory (and making sure she retains those memories) with her widowed mother. Writer/co-director Julie Gould and her daughter play themselves, more or less, in what is nonetheless not a documentary but a...Watch Movie
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sleet/snow
Robert and Marian take a day-trip in order to pick up a painting he's bought from a rural artist. Forced to stay overnight when the artist is a no-show, the two circumnavigate the unspoken tensions in a relationship that is platonic, or at least has been, so far. Daniel Laabs' first film, made...Watch Movie
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Recent Reviews
Easy
The non-consecutive cutting—is that why the movie is called "loose"?–activates "Easy," the actors and photography are appealing, yet the movie is inconclusive in both form and story.
sleet/snow
Interesting story and the bond of relationships and the comfort of communication .