THE HORSEMAN director Steven Kastrissios debuts new short film!

So many successful filmmakers get their start in short films, but after they make their debut feature they rarely return to the medium that got them started. 

For Australian director Steven Kastrissios this experience has been different; in a way his career has evolved in reverse with only one short film of note -- a short based on the opening scene of his feature script for The Horseman -- made before his directorial debut. 

With that revenge movie snaking its way around the world, first pulverizing audiences around the globe in a string of genre festivals, and now on DVD and Blu-ray (and soon, finally, cinemas in Australia. Phew!), Steve has been working on a handful of other feature scripts and recently tried his hand at experimental short filmmaking for the Kino Sydney monthly film event. 

He sent us the result, called 428 (via Newtown) -- as a hipster love story it couldn't be more different to The Horseman, and although shot fast with non-actors it shows yet another side of his filmmaking ability that I want to see explored much more in short films and features. 

Check out 428 (via Newtown) below: