Best of the Month
Best of the Month: September 2018
Stressed woolen puppets and jealous houseplants feature in our monthly round-up of the S/W team's favourite shorts from September
Comedy
Nino Aldi
Tribes
An African American, an Arab-American and a white guy try to rob a train. However no one wants to rob their own race.
Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Updates: March 2021
With the 2021 festival season now underway and annual awards starting to be handed out, we take a look at what some of our previously featured filmmakers have been up to over the last couple of months.
Documentary
Amber Love
& Andrea Raby
Strikers
Every Spring, Illinois’ Affordable Assisted Living Coalition holds a Wii Bowling competition in Springfield, IL. As the reigning champs of Eden Supportive Living take on their old rivals from Bolingbrook, it looks like the competition is bound to be fierce.
Drama
Simon Ellis
Soft
Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.
Comedy
Rebecca Halfon
Esther
Drunk with power after getting her braces off, 13-year-old Esther tries to seduce her oblivious Hebrew tutor.
Meet the Gatekeepers
Meet the Gatekeepers: Jean Anne Lauer (Fantastic Fest)
Jean Anne Lauer, director of short film programming at Fantastic Fest, joins us to discuss her experiences in the short film arena and what the festival is looking for in a selected film.
Fantasy
Heui Won Jeong & Justin Murphy
JumpTrumpRumpBump
A gorgeous experimental animation, JumpTrumpRumpBump brings together recycling, a little girl, escaped convict animals and Jazz.
Thriller
Alex Merkin
Across the Hall
This taut two-part thriller stars Entourage's Adrian Grenier who on the phone must attempt to defuse a tense situation—his friend is camped out with a gun in the hotel room across from of his cheating lover.
