Filmmaker Update
The Short List: Karen Maine Interview
A chat with the director of the SXSW premiere feature "Yes, God, Yes", adapted from the viral short of the same name.
Drama
Alvaro Gago
MATRIA
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** The Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner in 2018, Ramona lives with her husband, with whom she barely communicates, and works in a canning factory run by a tyrant manager. Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her to her daughter and granddaughter.
Drama
Bastien Dubois
Souvenir Souvenir
For ten years, I've pretended to make a movie out of my grandfather's Algerian war souvenirs. Today, I’m not sure I want to hear what he has to say.
Dramedy
Georgia Fu
Miss World
A young Taiwanese party girl comes home from living abroad, to try to say goodbye to her uncommunicative father before he has to start serving time in prison.
S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2023: The Nominees
It's award season in the Short Film world...that must mean it's time for our annual Short Awards.
Interview
Q&A with Sundance Filmmaker Nick Paley (Andy & Zach)
Yesterday marked the online debut of the 2011 Sundance Competition short films, and in that first batch of 4 films we were treated to the World Premiere of New York-based filmmaker Nick Paley's Andy and Zach—my favorite short in the program. Nick Paley happens to be a fan of Short of the Week, so we traded emails regarding the film, Sundance, and his thoughts on short films online.
Clapping For the Wrong Reasons
Multi-hyphenate star Donald Glover and frequent collaborator Hiro Murai craft a meandering but poignant indictment of hip-hop materialism.
Documentary
Michelle Coomber
Nsenene
Under the night sky in the Ugandan town of Masaka, giant lightbulbs, filaments exposed, are rigged perilously over scaffolding and iron sheets – attracting swarms of grasshoppers
Documentary
Scott Calonico
The Silly Bastard Next To The Bed
In 1963, JFK recorded one of the most foul-mouthed telephone calls ever made from the White House. This is the story of the silly bastard who started it all.
