Another recent online contest winner to share with you. Stella Artois, responsible for the crappy short films you get to see instead of trailers when you go to the movies, decided enough was enough and let others try and make short films for them.
Via CNet, I've learned that the National Film Board of Canada, that awesome sponsor of innumerable award-winning short films, is now offering over 500 films available for viewing on your iPhone via their new iPhone app. Both the films and the app are free.
We all have our tastes when it comes to short films. We writers thought we'd make it easy for you to find your taste by allowing you to follow our individual RSS feeds.
You may have heard the news today. Despite President Obama's personal lobbying, the International Olympic Committee snubbed Chicago as host for the 2016 games in favor of Rio.
ASA has been working hard to rip out the malicious code infecting Shortoftheweek, which had been responsible for the RSS spam and general site sluggishness. As a result we were down for a bit last night, and have lost of a few of the more recent Short of the Moments.
I was reading NewTeeVee recently and their weekend question caught my attention: How Much is a Movie Worth? The standard now seems to be $.99 rental, $4.
Jossie Malis has been hard at work expanding the genius behind his original Bendito Machine to a larger audience. The striking visual style (dark silhouette shapes against brightly colored backgrounds), nuanced animation, and themes of western influence have been brought to 2 more episodes.
Nothing excites the internet masses (yours truly included) like a best of list. A new one out lists a bunch of really important animation directors and their representative works.
