Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: September 2021
Academy members, viral hits and Cannes awards - the latest news from Short of the Week filmmakers.
Action
Katherine Hughes
Yellow Belt Fury
After Sofia's husband is brutally murdered during a terrestrial invasion, she asks her local sensei to train her in the art of self defense.
Documentary
Sarah Blok
& Lisa Konno
Baba
A stylised portrait of one of the first Turkish immigrants in the Dutch cultural sector, interviewed by his daughter amid a colourful fashion collection inspired by his life.
Drama
Chloé Léonil
Plaqué or (Gold Plated)
Inès, 16, is determined to find a job when she meets Martin, a boy from Brussels' upscale neighborhoods. Between shame and fascination, she is brutally confronted to social injustice.
Festival
What to watch at the 2021 Encounters Film Festival
We take a look at the 2021 Encounters Film Festival programme and pick out our highlights from this year's extensive selection of short films.
Documentary
Todd Karehana
Night Ride
Why does 66 year old Alma return to the old family house every night to feed stray cats? Her son suspects it’s connected to the death of his brother and attempts to unravel the truth.
Festival
A S/W-Centric Look at TIFF 2021
With the selection of films available at TIFF 2021 as large as ever trying to decide what to watch can be a daunting task. Take a look at our guide for some helpful tips.
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: August 2021
A compassionate indie drama, a game-changing CG animation and a hi-concept body-swap comedy with heart make up the trio of films selected by the S/W team as our 'Best of the Month' for August 2021.
Documentary
Adam Baran
Trade Center
The voices of five gay men who cruised for sex at the World Trade Center in the 1980s and 1990s haunt the sanitized, commerce-driven landscape that is the newly rebuilt Freedom Tower campus.
Experimental
Cécile Brun
Lah Gah (Letting go)
A dive into sunny childhood memories, when a girl is singing and cooking with her father they are swept along by the wafting mass of dough into the emotional depths of loss and disappearance. Helpless, the child is trying to grasp what is not tangible.
