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  • Interview

    Interview with Jossie Malis (Bendito Machine)

    Many filmmakers look at short films as their teenage years—happy to get past them and on to something bigger. Jossie Malis is one of the few who understood the power he'd created with his minimalist animated short Bendito Machine and has spent the past 6 years building a franchise around it.

  • Festival

    SXSW 2022: A Short-Centric Guide

    Headliners, features, pilots, shorts - We take a look at our previously featured filmmakers in the 2022 SXSW program.

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    Documentary Liberty Smith

    What Are You Looking At?

    Angela Charles shares the challenges of losing her sight as a visual artist, and her experience of ‘coming out’ to everyone after years of hiding it.

  • Article

    How long should I make my short film?

    How long should I make my short film? We attempt to answer this question by looking at statistics from short film festivals and our own database.

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    Dark Comedy Jonny Look

    Assholes

    A Scientist uses a series of torture related experiments on a variety of house plants in order get them to communicate with humans.

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    Drama Joel Villegas Saldaña

    David Se Va

    David begrudgingly left Tijuana for Los Angeles when he was 12. Years later, he learns of his estranged father’s passing and returns to a place he once thought was home (Link opens in new tab).

  • 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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    Drama Mattias Graham

    Gas Can

    A drama set in 1970's Saskatchewan, a Cree family who run out of gas ask an old Farmer for help while moving to the city.

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