We invited the lovely and talented Emily Carmichael to answer a few questions over email regarding her short film, The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting, which incidentally was, by far, one of our favorite Sundance films of the year.
Yesterday marked the online debut of the 2011 Sundance Competition short films, and in that first batch of 4 films we were treated to the World Premiere of New York-based filmmaker Nick Paley's Andy and Zach—my favorite short in the program. Nick Paley happens to be a fan of Short of the Week, so we traded emails regarding the film, Sundance, and his thoughts on short films online.
Tony Comley talks about his latest film, 'Verse. What interested you in creation myths and in crafting your own version? The sheer scale of creation myths next to the pettiness of their usual themes makes me very happy.
Reign of Death, the subject of our recent feature review, is one of the most confidently stylish shorts we've seen in a while. Its director, Matthew Savage, has served as a concept designer for several big budget features including The Dark Knight and Kick-Ass, but, not being content with that arrangement, has been stepping up to the director's chair.
Yesterday Sondhi posted his featured review of The Un-Gone. Earlier this week I got in touch with director Simon Bovey to dive a little deeper into the creative process behind this splendid short.
How did Solitude come about? Solitude is my thesis project for my degree at ESAG-Penninghen Paris. It's a universal feeling that reaches every one of us at some point of time regardless of religion, language or country.
AJ Bond, director of the Gut Check winning film, Hirsute, talks about Back to the Future and his "Many Martys" theory.
It's been over a year since we stopped getting in touch with filmmakers on a regular basis, and one of the things we got back from you readers before our redesign, was that you wanted that sad state of affairs to end. So it will.
Tom Stern talks to us about the concept and inspiration for his film, The Autobiography of Tom Stern: Chapter Six, The New Science.
I had the chance to throw a few questions at Dan Pasternack, the man behind content programming at Super Deluxe, about Derek & Simon and how online entertainment is more "ballsy" than television.
