Unchained Media

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    Experimental Marcus Armitage

    My Dad

    Marcus Armitage's BAFTA-nominated short animation shows the destructive influence a Father's judgemental character can have on a young boy's life

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: August 2024

    Big Cats, the housing crisis and queer line dancing all feature in our Best of the Month picks for August 2024.

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    Documentary Total Refusal

    Hardly Working

    Hardly Working sheds a limelight on the characters that normally remain in the background of video games: NPCs. A laundress, a stable boy, a street sweeper and a carpenter are observed with ethnographic precision. Their labor routines, activity patterns, as well as bugs and malfunctions, paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

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    Dark Comedy Daniel Reisinger

    Status Update - a Facebook fairytale

    In a world where every loser is pretending their life is awesome on Facebook - Allan Kasvotski's status updates are suddenly coming true [NSFW].

  • BIPOC

    The Short List: Minhal Baig Interview

    Minhal Baig joins us to discuss her journey from short film to feature as Hala becomes the first narrative fiction film acquisition for Apple TV+

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    Satire Steve Cutts

    Happiness

    Dripping with the acidic commentary that is his trademark, Steve Cutts releases his latest animation, sure to go viral. The story of a rodent's quest for happiness and fulfilment.

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    Comedy Eros V

    Double Tap

    A screen-obsessed teen ignores an Instagram chainmail and unleashes a Dickless Troll. Big mistake. Part of our SXSW Shorts Week coverage. #SXSWshorts

  • News

    YouTube Goes Pro—Puts $100M in Original Channels

    Since its launch in 2005, YouTube has clung tightly to its lead as the number one global site for video. But over the last few years, the amateur viral videos that made it famous have become more novelty and the former king of community-driven content has spent the last couple years trying different programs to up its quality.

  • SOTW

    We're Looking For a Head of Ads & Partnerships

    We are looking for a creative thinker to head up Short of the Week's Ads & Partnerships efforts. This is a part-time position to build an advertising and creative partnerships program from the ground up for the web’s top destination for short film and innovative filmmaking.

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