Rob Zywietz

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    Experimental Sam Davis & Rayka Zehtabchi

    (SHn(y)o͞of)

    Bill and Tonya Martin don't speak English anymore. This is the story of Martinese.

  • Interview

    Interview: San Francisco Film Festival Shorts Directors

    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.

  • News

    ScreenCraft Launches $20K Grant for Filmmakers

    Money can be hard to come by for short filmmakers, but ScreenCraft is looking to change that.They’re announcing a short film production grant that is now taking short film screenplay submissions.

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    Dark Comedy Florian Babikian & 5 Others

    Garden Party

    We celebrate the online re-release of a modern classic. The most gorgeously realized independent 3D animation in years, a dark mystery slowly unravels via the perspective of exotic frogs having a grand time in an opulent, but empty mansion

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    Dark Comedy Andy Fortenbacher

    Melon Head

    Gordon, a dimwitted but sweet man with pure intentions, follows some bad advice and tries to impress the woman of his dreams by scaring the daylights out of her.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: August 2023

    Two very different documentaries and an animation with some surprising craft make up the trio of films selected as our Best of the Month for August 2023.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: April 2024

    For the trio of films highlighted as our Best of the Month picks for April, the S/W team select a period drama focused on performance and dialogue, a playful documentary exploring the routines of non-playable characters in video games and an experimental animation unravelling the creative process.

  • SOTW

    Top Ten Short Films of 2017 - Céline Roustan

    Céline Roustan / Toronto ContributorAs 2017 comes to an end, I wrap my first year at Short of the Week. What a year since Jason welcomed me to the team — first as an intern, then a few months later as a full person.

  • Filmmaker Update

    Filmmaker Update: September 2021

    Academy members, viral hits and Cannes awards - the latest news from Short of the Week filmmakers.

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    Dark Comedy Job Roggeveen & 2 Others

    A Double Life

    A husband and wife's different ideas of gender conformity lead to an unexpected confrontation.

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