The 2016 Short of the Week Awards
Our annual celebration of the short films that delighted us the most from this calendar year.
Our annual celebration of the short films that delighted us the most from this calendar year.
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.
When Nego discovers that the cacau farm he lives and works on is going to be sold, he must face not only the loss of his home and job, but also the daily contact he has with the land he cherishes so much.
The assault that the city of New York has been under for the last week, perpetrated by 5'11, birdlike amazons, garbed in freakish war paint and extravagant, yet bizarrely soft battle armor, is now over. I speak of course of Fashion Week New York which ended yesterday, one of the 4 international fashion weeks which rule the industry and establish the direction the fashion world will take in the coming year.
With Oscar voting starting tomorrow, the S/W team explores the shortlists for the 2021 Academy Awards and highlights our favorite film in the Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Subject & Live Action Short Film categories
Shakespeare adaptations, Steven Soderbergh collaborations and a bunch of new animated series' set for our screens. A round-up of all the projects in development from our Short of the Week alums
*Scroll down to view the film* Written and directed by DANIELS (Swiss Army Man), POSSIBILIA is an interactive love story set in the multiverse. Alex Karpovsky and Zoe Jarman star as a young couple contemplating breaking up. You witness the events from any of 16 different perspectives.
Rob, a fire captain living in the Mountain West, has been diagnosed with PTSD after experiencing a series of traumatic events at work. In an attempt to better manage his symptoms, he decides to undergo a new form of treatment: ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Director Tony Zosherafatain and producer Jamie DiNicola join us to discuss how they went from making short films to producing a four-part documentary series for Topic.
Baby is a queer coming-of-age love story that introduces us to the world of Ali, a Dominican-American teenager from the Bronx, on a Saturday afternoon.