Short of the Week

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    The SotW + PBS Show: Top Five No Budget Shorts

    Ivan Kander hosts a new episode of our officially "long-running" series of YouTube-hosted short film episodes. This time out, he seeks to prove that "you don't need a huge budget to make an awesome short.

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    Experimental Denis Villeneuve

    Next Floor

    During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with cavalier servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events undermines the endless symphony of abundance.

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    Action The Halsall Brothers

    If I Had a Heart

    After a brutal near death experience Sam IL is forced to contemplate his past whilst accepting the non-existence of his future.

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    Film Noir Justin Lerner

    The Replacement Child

    After spending a year in a juvenile center for beating up his stepfather, Todd Turnbull returns to his backwoods hometown repentant. When he finds his best friend, withering away without any medical attention due to the family's spiritual beliefs, Todd must make a choice: let his friend die; or break his oath of non-violence.

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    Comedy Philip Sansom

    One Man's Loss

    A down and out vagabond's luck is dramatically altered when he treads on a piece of glass outside the apartment of an arguing couple.

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    Drama Nathan Honnold & Alex Zhuravlov

    LaDonna

    An elderly couple finds excitement in breaking and entering.

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    Horror Carlo Mirabella-Davis

    Knife Point

    A family of evangelical Christians traveling through upstate New York give a ride to an unusual knife salesman

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    Fantasy Jeff Le Bars

    Carn

    Lost in the woods, A young boy makes a bloody pact with a dying wolf.

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    Comedy Frazer Bailey

    Glenn Owen Dodds

    You want the meaning of life? You've got 5 minutes. Glenn Owen Dodds knows the answer.

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    The SotW + PBS Show: Production Design

    Stop shooting in front of boring white walls! In today's episode, we examine the importance of production design in the creation of your short film. Learn how props, costumes, and locations can really give your movie projects that "filmic" look as we examine Hollywood favorites and the all-stars of the shorts world, including filmmaker Jamie Travis.

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