" 8 " - (a short film)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of Tic-Tac-Toe, until they find themselves outplayed by karma.
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Title: "8"
Director: Aćim Vasić
Production: Turbulence Films
Cast: Nicky Naudé, Guillaume Tavi
Music: Stribor Kusturica
Year of production: 2010
Selected at over 100 festivals, won Best Short @Film Monfilmfest (Italy 2010) and @Films Short Film Festival.
"His film is smart at every level and gives a hint of what he could accomplish in the future. That's what short films are all about."
Mathieu Kassovitz
"Beautiful and wildly cinematic!"
Mark Cousins
"There is tension, black humor and a very clear directorial vision. The film is well crafted and to the point."
Georges Bermann (Partizan)
"A very stylish film from an exciting new director. Aćim Vasić is definitely a name to watch."
Daniel Barber
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I feel personally that the owl represents the wisdom of knowing that nobody wins in war.
Too good short film...awesome cinematography, location,acting and that sound made by that soldier.
Loved that. Simple entertainment. Great message and great storytelling technique. This is so hard to achieve. just coming up with an idea like this that can be shot in a single location with a couple of actors and no dialogue, until you've tried to do that, you can't appreciate how difficult it really is. So well done.
This took me back to "Mad" Magazine's "Spy vs Spy".
who ever made this is a fucking genius
The owl at the end was the cherry on top!
Great cinematography ! camera movement and editing is super ! the director is really talented and knows what hes doing , this short deserve awards ! keep on artistes
Short, succinct and to the point. Utterly brilliant. Thank you.
This is the soul of film making , emotions at its best
8 as a symbol of infinity. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the Universe." - Albert Einstein quotes
This movies tells about humanity stupidity which is infinite.
Regarding the Einstein quote...
There are pages, sites, and various places on the Internet devoted to things Einstein did, and did _NOT_ say. His name is often evoked to lend credibility to the claim, but I'm unable to locate this one anywhere.
Quotes like this are not stand-alone statements, they evolve out of a lecture or at least a paragraph related to something else. Famous people don't just sit up in bed one morning and blurt out something profound with no context or background information.
Also, consider that Einstein wasn't known for his poetry or philosophy. While he was known to have uttered some memorable lines, he was first, and foremost, a theoretical physicist.
While it's a clever line, and makes us smile, I seriously doubt that Einstein wasted his valuable time constructing wise-cracks and jokes involving very important and weighty matters.
I love the owl as a spectator. Great film. I give it a resounding 8 lol
Honestly one of the most intriguing characters ever come across. And never even spoke a word.
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A WITTY SHORT FILM AND I LOVE THAT OWL MAN HA HA HA HA HE ALONE PROVIDES THE BEST ACTING IN THIS SHORT FLICK
Of all the short films I've seen, this may be the one I've liked the best. Great job. Thanks.
Unique cinematography.. amazing..
I'll always remember that smile that one soldier had when the other one also stepped on a mine as well hahahaha!!!
I loved this film.... amazing directiin
Hahaha!! The good part in this movie is the super cool owl, lol
Great job.... thank you for taking the time to make this. (Smile)
I know I'm four years too late, however, to make a film this goodbwithout saying a word is beyond amazing 👏
definitely one of the better short films i have seen even though i had no idea what was going on!
The idiocy of war. Well done!
A short film, very well filmed, that without any word is comprehensible in all the worl. This short film, for me, seems a hymn to badness, but certainly there is another key of interpretation. Direction and photography have a high professional level.
how beautiful and talented. no dialogue but strong actions n meanings. very very impressive movie. different totally different and excellent directions and acting of both actors.
High-quality entertainment and stuff to think about. Fantastic.
What a Concept and Cinematography ...!!! Splendid...
So why was the mine off to the side of the road? GENIUS......But man man man, this was well done in every way...Loved it
Now this is what i call a perfect short film...amazing work..loved the ending...
I love the owl's face!
A Masterpiece indeed !
"Infinite stupidity" !!
To fully describe, you will need a book to write!!!
8 means interlocked. Owl is the referee. Superb music blending Soldier March beats with flapping of the wings of the Owl at the end. Glad it's 500+views, it really struggled to take of when I first watched couple of years ago
Man that camera effect @ 4:41 I love it !
Great Short Btw
This is one of the best shorts I have ever seen. Classy.
The cinematography is awesome.. Love the video
Seriously. Some masterpieces speak without words.
Wow!! without saying a word, what a great film. He shoulda kept walking!! 😄
And the wise owl looks on... Keeessshhh!! 😄
X and O represented tic tac toe and maybe it ended in a draw
Mohammed Shabbir X is on foot and they two have been walking quite long so X's platoon is most likely somewhere near... He just has to wait until some of his comrades bring something heavy to put on the mine.
@@thematrix4601 He's also lucky they were simple mines where weight swap is easy!
Watch past the credits, see what happens.
Thanks for the heart after 4 whole years. I had completely forgotten about this movie and just rewatched it.
Imagine this game: O starts by landing woundend and marking the center square. Next, X shoots O in the right leg, marking the bottom-right square. Then, while wandering, X steps on a mine, giving O a chance to position himself on the bottom-left square. When O tries to escape, X shoots him in the right shoulder, marking the top-right square and blocking his chance to win. O grabs X's gun but misses his opportunity, losing his turn, so X stabs him in the back, marking the top-left square. Nothing remains. Since X knows O is bound to lose, he attempts a final shot to the head but misses, allowing O to mark the center-top square. The winner is clearly X, but in real life, both somehow lost. Ironically, X ends up helping O by giving him a knife, knowing O would eventually step on a mine so he could dig it out from snow. Truly an incredible short film-funny, dramatic, and mysterious.
At the end of the credits you hear the mines go off.
@Fawk Muhmad @10:04 bud
Perhaps should have written, Watch to end if credits, instead.
That wise owl marveling at humanity's ironic stupidity 🤣
That was excellent. Yes, Karma.
i burst into laughter when the seond guy stepped on landmine....
Really the great film.what a message without words!!!
Great Director
Just wow,... What a concept,....Terribly creative,....!
It's a German Stuka dive bomber; its distinctive whine wasn't an accident of design; the Germans added a cardboard siren to it to make that deliberate haunting noise.
no sound but yet message received...amazing
ohhh my god.... what a cinematography.... superb film well done
Wow that is one of a kind (or maybe you can also say 'find'). Unique!
Funny: he could have used the rifle - placing it across the mine and piled up and packed snow on the ends to weigh it down and secure it. That would have required lateral thinking and giving up his advantage and the willing cooperation of and with his prisoner/enemy. All requirements of any military de-escalation.
From which village are you?
99 out of 100 who try that approach will be blown to smithereens.
Dark humour and life in war, lol when he stepped on the mike and then threw the knife
The moral of the story is "Cigarette smoking is injurious to health"
yes lmaoaoaoaooaoa
Very entertaining film, great acting, and impressive cinematography. However, I'm not so sure about the explanation for the number " 8 " as the title or its actual meaning. I think the more reasonable interpretation of " 8 " in terms of "infinity" is to illustrate man's inability to learn from his mistakes, continually making the same blunders over and over in an infinite cycle. For those who keep saying that the game tic tac toe goes on forever... then you obviously have never played the game. If you did, you would realize that the game can only end in either a stalemate or a win/lose situation ... both occurring on the 9th move. The obvious interpretation for this particular game of tic tac toe is that there is a stalemate. Whether X moves or O moves has become somewhat irrelevant because someone is sure to lose (although most likely both soldiers will lose in this scenario.) Putting aside the simple fact that antipersonnel mines detonate as soon as you step on them, the chances of both soldiers dying is probable. Your average military APM has a blast radius of approximately 160 ft in circumference with a vertical disbursement of about 6.5 feet. If one soldier should falter then the blast from that soldier will offset the second soldier resulting in a secondary detonation of equal value, thereby creating an even deadlier environment in which neither would be expected to survive. All in all, a very good movie with an engaging plot and worthy of two thumbs up. Great job to the costume designer, actors, director, and the entire production staff. Well done!
This was really good. What I don't understand is all the stupid questions some are asking about this film - "what does the owl mean" words to that effect or - "what is the point?" I mean you have to bring to any art form a level of intelligence to appreciate anything of value without having to be told what to think or what this or that my mean. Some just are dumb as door nails and the art, if it's there, can be wasted on the insensitive dumb lummoxes among us.
Loved it!! Great cinematography and story!
beautiful...well taken!!
This was the finest short film :)
The movie is named 8 because eight is a never-ending loop. It comes back where it started
Gr8, really great!
On a scale of 1-10, clearly a 10.
id say its more like an 8
Give that owl an Oscar!
Wow ... Splendid !!
Only couple of small flaws may be:
1) the pain caused by the bullet and knife seems to be vanished (i.e. expression on his face) when the intruder soldier too keeps his feet on the mine (only expression of fear and amaze can be seen which should include the pain too).
2) If I would have been the intruder soldier, when asked to replace the feet on the mine by the first soldier against the gunpoint, as soon I would have been compelled to do so, i.e. replacement occurs, I would not have been permit to go away/escape him instead of off my feet from the mine to explode it to cause death of both of us !!!
a) sorry for my bad English
b) Great film and kudos anyways 👍👍
very smart very smart and fresh thinking of the film maker...awesomeness. khsssssskkkkkkjjhh
made me smirk at the end. one hell of a film. Congrats!
For world's peace, all country should throw their weopens in the ocean. For tomorrow ,
white flowers are everywhere in the world, there is no red. morning and morning, the light on the earth is yellow, let's break the laziness of the child. Let a child wake up without fear. Let the child wake up with mothers warmth. Let the child breath with freedom air.
Outstanding!
Very creative. Very professional. Awesome film!!!
what a way of presentation!! great camera work!
Excellent work.
Very good movie, thanks.
I think the moral is ' WAR JUST GOT DEAD '
Two stories. One ending.
Simple, good camera angles, a story without words.
Darkly humorous. The only flaw is a good soldier never throws his butts on the ground. It gives the enemy clues. Another tip is that glow of a cigarette drag gives a sniper a perfect target. With life expectancy of an infantry being extremely short, you want to reduce risk to the lowest possible level.
Great piece, though. Like War Games in 10 minutes. :)
Superb... 10 out of 10...
great piece of work...👌👌👌
Outstanding dude and hats off to the director
This is so well thought out... Without any words, it beautifully plotted...
That was honestly perfect!
*8* denotes loop... Trapped themselves.... And 8 denotes No Starting point & No Ending..... Whoever stays out of loop is wise....&.....safe!!!!
Universal languaje.... loved it!
Awesome. Thanks make more
Loved it! Great film.
very nice concept.. liked the camera and editing technique... superb
Great short.
Well paced. Good levity
Nice ending.
A man can do anything for freedom but revenge and anger may make your life a prison,
Is this the right idea of the film?
So many good ideas!!!
Spendid work
Great direction and cinematography
Really well made short war thriller, with an interesting plot, intense atmosphere, good acting and an excellent twist at the end. It really makes you think... I really like watching short movies on UA-cam; a great chance for new filmmakers to put up their work and show their talent. Keep up the great work, you are talented. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Damn good my man. See you in the theaters! Keep on keepn on!
brilliant! great work man.
Brilliant 10 out of 10
fantastic. nice work
A sincere BRAVO~
Excellent short...
Dobre kino. Skvelé kino.
"Xccch!"
+Dis Pater I fucking hate that sound.
Everyone does, it sounds like a duck or something xD
*starring "Xccch!" - mickey rourke **4:25*
hahahahha made my day
:D
8 is a loop of infinity, but only from a point of view
This was so great ahhh🤣🤣🤣👏👏Well done.
very well made very nice concept !
Oh ... Wow !!