Short of the Week

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    Documentary Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers

    A Concerto is a Conversation

    Nominated for an Academy Award®, a virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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    Dark Comedy Mitch deQuilettes
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    Staff Pick

    A dark comedy about the creative industry that spans across four realities.

  • Filmmaker Update

    Filmmaker Updates: March 2021

    With the 2021 festival season now underway and annual awards starting to be handed out, we take a look at what some of our previously featured filmmakers have been up to over the last couple of months.

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    Documentary Yung Chang & Annie Katsura Rollins

    Pandemic19

    Three doctors in the United States, fighting COVID-19 from pre-to-post surge, tell their story while the chaos of the pandemic permeates outside the frame of their video confessions. [US Viewers: Please use the link at the top of the article]

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    Documentary James Gallagher

    Paulette

    Paulette Harwood, a 90-year-old former Radio City Music Hall Corps de Ballet soloist, teaches the final classes in a school she's run for sixty years.

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    Horror David-Jan Bronsgeest

    Meet Jimmy

    A dangerous podcast is doing the rounds. Strange things happen to people who listen to these tapes of deceased serial killer Jimmy. Only one rule seems to apply: if you stop listening, you will meet the killer in person.

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    Experimental Ala Nunu

    Ahead

    A short story about living with and as a headless person.

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    Romance Shae Xu

    Down Dog

    In the two weeks they've known one another, yoga instructor Tammy hasn't had a chance to talk to Marcus about her trans experience. Does she have to? A question considered by thousands of transgender people daily.

  • Playlist

    The Best Short Films to Watch on Disney+

    With 'Burrow' the latest Disney title nominated for the 'Best Animated Short Film' Oscar, we dug into their extensive catalogue to select the best short films on Disney+ [latest update: 8th September 2022]

  • Festival

    An S/W-Centric Guide to SXSW 2021

    With so much to watch at the 2021 SXSW festival, let S/W guide you through the program with our short film / feature highlights from our previously featured filmmakers.

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