W. Ian Ross

  • Festival

    Competition Short Films Part 2: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

    This is the second part of our coverage of the 9 in-competition short films Tribeca (Online) has made available, and the 3rd (and last) post overall in our coverage of Tribeca 2011 Online Films. You can still see part 1 and our post on the 9 retrospective shorts, but you only have a few more days to catch them.

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    Action Lin Oeding

    Interpretation

    A harmless discussion turns into serious action in this fable from Hollywood stunt man, Lin Oeding.

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    Documentary Sandra Winther

    Lowland Kids

    As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations. The Audience Award Winner at Palm Springs Shortfest.

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    Experimental Nikita Diakur

    Ugly

    The 2017 Grand Prize Winner at Ottawa, a formally groundbreaking animated short. An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief.

  • News

    Short Film Articles in NyTimes, Slate

    It's fun when mainstream sites do pieces on short film, and in a rare treat, two such articles were published online today. First up is a brief article and slideshow from the online magazine Slate via is DoubleX blog, where contributor Sasha Watson explores the trend of fashion advertising films.

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    Oscar Short Films 2024: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers, Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi, take on the role of voter and whittle the 45-title shortlists down to the 15 short films they think should advance to the nominations round.

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    100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films

    Nothing excites the internet masses (yours truly included) like a best of list. A new one out lists a bunch of really important animation directors and their representative works.

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    Documentary Laurie Hill

    Photograph of Jesus

    The humorous requests received at a photographic archive are the fodder for this splendid animation.

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    Sci‑Fi Ian Hubert

    Tears of Steel

    In a dystopian Amsterdam of the future, a team of warriors and scientists employ the powers of love and technology in an attempt to save the world from the clutches of an embittered humanoid robot.

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