Friends’ Films: Bartek Rainski’s The Thief

Check out Bartek Rainski’s Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear (aka The Thief), starring Zbigniew Zamachowski. This short is a prototype for a feature film that Bartek is working on.

Shooting a short that focuses on the main character of a proposed feature, and sets-up some key element of the story, is a common fund-raising tool for independent productions. Productions as varying in tone from The Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple to Napoleon Dynamite have all started off as prototype shorts that were used to generate interest in the intended feature.