SotW Awards

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    SOTW Awards 2015!

    For the 4th consecutive year the editorial team at Short of the Week is pleased to highlight (what we think are) the very best short films released online. Culling from the over 150 short films featured on the site in 2014, the SOTW Awards honor the current breadth of excellence in the short form.

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    The Winners | SOTW Awards 2012!

    As you might have noticed, this year we dispense with what has our been our traditional year-in-review Top Ten list (examples here) in order to highlight even more quality deserving content than that stale format allows. The SotW Awards are the result, and last week, after surveying an incredible year's worth of short film picks, we presented our favorite Animation, Live-Action and New Media pieces of 2011.

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    The Future of Animation | SOTW Awards 2013

    SOTW Awards 2013 Animation winners discuss the future of the animation industry—their experiences and their thoughts on how shorts are leading the charge for innovation.

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    Overall Winners! | SOTW Awards 2013

    Among the tens of thousands of films that debuted online over the last year, the 150+ that we featured here on Short of the Week, and the 9 that we've honored here with the SOTW Awards 2013, one stood out above all the others. Not only that, but it's one of the best shorts we've ever experienced.

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    SOTW Awards 2013 Nominees

    We are excited to announce the official Short of the Week Awards 2013 nominees! We've nominated the top 10 films in each of our three categories—Animation, Live-Action, and New Media—as the most innovative stories from the past year. These are filmmakers who are breaking new ground in the stories they tell, the techniques they use, and the way they reach an audience.

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    Animation Winners! | SOTW Awards 2013

    We honor the top animated shorts from the past year with a collection of innovative films spanning 2D, 3D, and some too difficult to label.

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    The Future of Live-Action | SOTW Awards 2013

    Short of the Week is about more than just highlighting the best in bite-sized narratives—it’s also about fostering a dialogue amongst the innovative creators telling earth-shattering stories in new and interesting ways. And, what better time to do that than the week of the 2013 Short of Week Awards? All week, we'll be having roundtable interviews with the award winners to learn more about their creative process as well as the broader storytelling landscape where short films are proving to be the leaders in the industry.

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    The Short Awards 2021

    The S/W team has voted. The Short Awards honor the most noteworthy short film streaming releases of the past year.

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    The Future of New Media | SOTW Awards 2013

    Winners of the SOTW Awards 2013 New Media category sit down to discuss the importance of story and the need for funding in this roundtable discussion about the future of the industry.

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