Short of the Week

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    SOTW is Looking for Writers!

    We are on the hunt for ______ writers to join Short of the Week in contributing _______ reviews and articles on short film (ex: Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore), the film industry (ex: Has Hollywood Lost it's Way?), and _______. If you have something to say and are looking for a large ______ audience, this is your chance.

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    Satire Joseph Pelling & Becky Sloan

    Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

    Sardonic sing-a-long about the importance of thinking creatively from the talented This Is It crew.

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    Experimental Joseph Hodgson & Franck Aubry

    Kiss: A Love Story

    The sun and moon meet on a rare occasion in this grand celestial love story animated in beautiful black & white 3D.

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    The Winners | SOTW Awards 2012!

    As you might have noticed, this year we dispense with what has our been our traditional year-in-review Top Ten list (examples here) in order to highlight even more quality deserving content than that stale format allows. The SotW Awards are the result, and last week, after surveying an incredible year's worth of short film picks, we presented our favorite Animation, Live-Action and New Media pieces of 2011.

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    Drama

    Netherland Dwarf

    Harry really wants a rabbit. Harry’s dad really wants his wife back. A subtle but moving Sundance short from Australian director, David Michôd (Animal Kingdom).

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    Best New Media | SOTW Awards 2012!

    We honor the best new media short films from a variety of emerging genres and formats like Branded, Crowdfunded, Fan Films, Festival Films, and Interactive Films.

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    Best Live-Action | SOTW Awards 2012!

    Best Documentary[php]playlist(7788);[/php] With technology giving a platform to hordes of tenacious, DSLR-wielding documentarians, the short doc has never been more popular, or so mind-numbingly repetitive. But, just when you think that every ornery old lady, sensitive "artist" or performer of a single human-pet-trick has had their life digitally preserved in a gauze of shallow depth of field, Sean Dunne comes around to show you how marvelously strange our human species is.

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    Best Animation | SOTW Awards 2012!

    We honor the best animated short films from the past year from a variety of categories including best 3D, Experimental, Stop-Motion, Student and Traditional Animation.

  • News

    Oscar Nominees 2012: Short Films

    The nominations are in! There are many great films in the lineup this year but there are also a few noticeable absences. Who do you think deserves the little golden man? Click the images to view the trailers then vote below.

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