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.

View the Films » Throughout the month of August, Short of the Week will be bringing you the best student films the online world has to offer. Student filmmakers have proven to surprise the established film world time and time again.

Shorts International, the UK-based purveyor of for-sale short films on Itunes and sponsor of the Oscar Nominee theater screenings for short film, unveiled something cool again. ShortsHD is their newest venture, a 24-hour HD channel dedicated to short film that is available to users of the AT&T's U-Verse service, an IP internet and TV option.

As you might have heard, Cannes is getting underway. While you don't get to see any of the official competition films, Cannes does have this cool thing called the Short Film Corner, which is a get together of short film makers as an adjunct to the festival.

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.

Thanks to all the filmmakers who submitted their film to our online mini-festival. We received quite a few more entries than we really expected, so it was a big success.

We're entering the final week of our Gut Check Online Film Contest and have received many more submissions than we ever could have anticipated. If you haven't submitted your film yet, you have until March 31st to get it in our inbox.

Hulu is broadening its support of documentary films including a section on documentary short films. Also, if you've been stranded on a deserted island for the past year, check out their section on Short Films.