The Critic (2019 film)

The Critic
Film poster
Directed byStella Velon
Written byStella Velon
Produced byJean Gabriel Kauss
Stella Velon
StarringStella Velon
Alan Smyth
Todd Karner
CinematographyAkis Konstantakopoulos
Edited byIvan Andrijanic
Music byAsaf Sagiv
Production
company
The Punk Floyd Company
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video (US and UK) and Omeleto[1]
Release date
  • 3 June 2019 (2019-06-03)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Critic is an American psychological thriller short film written and directed by Stella Velon. It is the story of an award-winning actress who faces her harshest critic during an interview gone wrong. The film stars Stella Velon and Alan Smyth, and explores themes of fame, drug addiction, mental health and impostor syndrome. The Critic had its world premiere at the Boston Film Festival in September 2018 and it was first released on Amazon Prime Video in June 2019 as part of Amazon Studios' inaugural All Voices Film Festival, where it was named one of the five winning films.[2][3]

In 2020, the film was nominated for a Webby Award out of 13,000 entries worldwide in the Best Individual Performance category.[4][5]

  1. ^ "The Critic | Drama Short Film". Omeleto.
  2. ^ "The Critic". www.amazon.com.
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  4. ^ Grein, Paul (2020-05-07). "Patton Oswalt Promises to Host Virtual Webby Awards While 'Sitting Around in Pajamas'". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
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