The Hunger Games Short Films

I think many fans of The Hunger Games know this, but just in case you don’t, there’s a production company out there that have been making short films based off of the The Hunger Games book series.
The production company is called Mainstay Productions and they have already released a short or two based on The Hunger Games, one of them titled Katniss and Rue.
Katniss and Rue depicts the emotionally powerful scene between Katniss and Rue during the games when…
From here on out, you will encounter spoilers for the upcoming Lionsgate movie, The Hunger Games, so read on if you wish, but just know, I’m letting some cats out of the bag…
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Mainstay Productions have done shorts on the cave scene with Katniss and Peeta, and The Second Quarter Quell, a prequel of sorts focused on Haymitch’s Hunger Games.
It’s fascinating to see that these moments, these scenes from The Hunger Games have already had some fan films made, via Mainstay Productions.
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If you might recall, I’ve been hovering over the indie short film, Project Arbiter, since before March of 2010. I was introduced to the film creators work back in 2009 and that’s when Michael Chance‘s work snagged my imagination.

Project Arbiter is a 20-minute concept film that was shot on a RED One camera system.
It takes place in 1943 during WWII and we follow an experimental O.S.S. unit whose code name is Project Arbiter while they infiltrate a mysterious villa in Poland and uncover the mysteries within that villa, and the discovery that launches a story.
It’s a movie that blends the reality of World War II with sci-fi and the creator/director wants to have folks see the film as an untold story from the war that based mostly on the potential of the reality of it.

Or, rather than me trying to spell out what I know, here’s how they put it,
{ Project Arbiter is a sci-fi espionage story that demonstrates how a small quiet victory tips the balance of power and foretells the outcome of World War II. }
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