Short of the Week

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    Experimental Christian Simmons

    Pencilface

    A girl finds a mysterious oversized pencil with a creepy grin that can bring anything she draws to life. What can go wrong?

  • SOTW

    Tweet Picks of the Week

    In our recent reader survey, languishing far behind the other outlets through which we nakedly grasp for readers, was Twitter. A diminutive 4% of survey takers responded that it is their primary method of learning about new SotW content.

  • Short of the Moment

    Short Films by Louis C.K.

    Marking the second season of "Louie" premiering on US TV, we look at short film work by comedian Louis CK

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    Documentary Kirby Ferguson

    Everything is a Remix Part 3

    Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson's brilliant Everything is a Remix series deals with the origins of creativity.

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    Fantasy Fabian Grodde

    Crossover

    In the quiet of the forest, Firebugs secretly amass for worship only to fall victim to a foe pulling the strings in this realistic CG film from Germany.

  • Playlist

    Happy Father's Day!

    Indeed. Congrats to the fathers out there, and to all of us who have, or have had fathers (everyone I guess).

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    Documentary Paul Shoebridge & Michael Simons

    Welcome to Pine Point

    A remarkable interactive media experience about a town that's no longer on the map, but is not forgotten.

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    Palm Springs Shortfest Online Film Festival

    Palm Springs! We are very close to the arrival of North America's most important film festival dedicated to shorts. I know not everybody follows the festival scene, and I know it gets confusing because I'm always tweeting that Festival X is the most-_____ festival in all of _____, but for short films, trust me, Palm Springs Shortfest is a pretty big deal.

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    Documentary Patrick Clair

    Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus

    Warfare is entering a digital generation. In this infographics piece from down under we learn about one of the scariest new viruses out there.

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