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Joseph Pierce tells us about his animation process and the importance of staying true to your own ideas.

There goes your weekend. Cinephile streaming website MUBI is partnering with La Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) in Cannes to celebrate 50 years of its programming by showing a retrospective of films from the festival’s history.

Shahir Daud, director of Double Happy, shares why he made the film, what it's like shooting with a RED camera, and how to shoot cinéma vérité.

Short of the Week editors, Jason and Andrew, will be attending Seattle Int'l Film Festival's Shortsfest Weekend this Friday through Sunday attempting to watch as many short films as possible. If you see us at SIFF Cinema, please stop us to say hi and discuss the merits and follies of short films.

The winner of our Great Film Competition will make its online debut tomorrow! No reservations needed—just pop back here tomorrow to catch it. We saw more submissions than we ever could have expected—everything from big-budget to no-budget, from award-winning festival films to undiscovered gems.