REVIEWS
COLLAPSE
OFFICIAL SELECTION
FILMSTOCK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2010
ALMOST FAMOUS HEROES AND VILLAIN CHALLENGE - 2009
"Excellently Horrid" - Robyn Miller, Founder of CYAN, Co-Creator of the best selling PC games MYST and RIVEN
REASON
OFFICIAL SELECTION
PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL - 2007
DRAGON CON INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - 2006
WINNER
BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING - IFP 2006
"...an atmospheric ghost tale that could be referred to as a thimbleful of M. Night Shyamalan. Dark, bluish and creepy, “Reason” doesn’t waste a single frame and manages in three minutes to create a puzzle it will take audiences far longer than that to figure out."
-Chris Moore, Editor, The Desert Advocate
Absolutely fantastic! Lighting, camera, editing, titles, style, look -- just amazing! This looks like a real movie! Totally impressive!!!!
-Brian Pulido, Director, International Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival
Another strong and imaginative directorial performance by Bivas Biswas!
- Jae Staats, Director, Almost Famous Film Festival (A3F)
Take "Psycho," shake well with "The Sixth Sense," add a dash of "Memento," "Spun," (or your own favorite drug-addled reality bender here), distill into three minutes, and you have Bivas Biswas' "Reason"--an intriguing psychological thriller that raises several nagging questions for every 15 seconds of screen time. As always, Biswas gets the most out of his actors in the most economical fashion, but with no lack of expressivity. In fact that's where the power comes from, which is then pumped to the max with great sound editing, shooting--everything. A concise tour-de-force. (And Tara Fisher is the most intriguing (fetching, squealing) find of a victim since Pauline Kael kvelled over Barbara Crampton in Stuart Gordon's schlock-cinema takes on H.P. Lovecraft stories in the '80s.)
-David Tell, Editor / Publisher, Midtown Messenger
APT. 3157
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SCREENWARS HORROR/SCI-FI EPISODE, AZ-TV
INTERNATIONAL HORROR / SCI-FI FESTIVAL 2005
WINNER
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER, 2005
"Apartment 3157 is a superbly shot film with a nice twist at the end. Bivas Biswas has a very good eye for filmmaking. I look forward to seeing his future projects" - Jason Carney, Festival director, Phoenix Film Festival
“A tight, well-thought out story, compelling storytelling and a few unexpected twists make Apt. 3157 a short worth seeing” - Brian Pulido, Co-Founder and Festival Director of the International Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival