Short of the Week

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    Vote in Our Reader Poll

    We've been curating the world of online films for over 6 years. Believe it or not, we're currently in our 3rd iteration of ShortoftheWeek.

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    Sci‑Fi K-Michel Parandi

    From the Future with Love

    Squads of privatized police officers from various corporations walk the streets of New York, selling overpriced protection plans to citizens.

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    Drama Hannah Fidell

    The Gathering Squall

    On the precipice of adulthood, fourteen-year-old Lisellen Uhlmann is without a man in her life; her father is distant and boys in school ignore her. When Duncan Baits invites her to hang out with his friends, everything changes, and in an instant everything goes drastically wrong.

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    The SotW + PBS Show: Short Films From Young Hollywood

    This time out Ivan takes us through a tour of recent short films that from young Hollywood actors. With the cost of production dropping and distribution easier than ever before, several young talents are quickly jumping behind the camera.

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    Adventure Late Night Work Club

    Late Night Work Club Presents: Ghost Stories

    Late Night Work Club, a collective comprised of the most promising minimalist animators on the internet, releases their first project—an omnibus of shorts that tell stories from the great beyond.

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    The Summer of Sequels

    As another sequel-saturated summer comes to a close, it's clear that sequels are no fad but a growing trend. It's a conversation we started with our 2011 article, Has Hollywood Lost its Way, when we mapped the rising popularity of sequels over the last three decades.

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    Comedy Mark Lester

    Orange Drive

    A year in the life of a guy and his car. A funny/romantic/tragic short film.

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    Romance Emily Carmichael

    RPG OKC

    Two 8-bit video game characters enter the world of online dating and forge an unlikely romance.

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    SotW + PBS Show: Kinetic Editing — The Films of Max Joseph

    We totally adore this edition of our YouTube show! It's our shortest playlist yet, but perhaps the most intriguing. Our indomitable host, Ivan Kander, puts his critic hat firmly on to praise the innovative editing work of rising short form star Max Joseph.

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