Philips and RSA are at it again for the 6th film in their Parallel Lines series. This one is set to be shot and screened in 3D and released this Fall.
Inside a cafe while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: "What is Love?" This Oscar-winning short from Alberto Mielgo is a collection of vignettes of rare beauty and style. (Pressing play opens the film in a new window)
A long-married couple live in resentful silence, their daily reciprocal malice escalating to extremes. In this pressure cooker of a relationship, something will have to give.
The lone survivor of the first mission to Mars uses his last moments to pass the torch.
A musician in the deep state of a creative crisis is signed to a rehab program at a highly protected, isolated sanatorium that promises a lifetime warranty for endless inspiration.
Director Rob Savage joins us to reveal how he took a 2-min lockdown prank and turned it into Shudder feature 'Host'.
Our Sundance correspondent reports back on her favorite shorts from the fest and celebrates a banner awards night for S/W alums.
An apathetic teenager with sex on his brain decides to ditch school. The decisions he makes culminate into something of a waking nightmare, tearing apart any facade he has put on and revealing his true personality.
Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.
Masculinity, movies, and what happens when a Russian mother becomes a mail-order bride to an unpredictable American man.
