Dead On Sound

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    Drama Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

    Sikumi (On the Ice)

    A riveting piece of filmmaking that won the 2008 Jury Prize at Sundance. A hunter on the frozen Arctic becomes witness to a crime.

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    Dark Comedy Jessica Barclay Lawton

    We Keep On Dancing

    Two distinctly disparate characters come together over a broken down Volkswagen Beetle in this sweet, amusing tale of love, loss and… car trouble.

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    Dark Comedy Sorayos Prapapan

    Death of the Sound Man

    Two sound recordists discuss their craft and the Thai government as they go around recording the final mix for a short film

  • 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.

  • Article

    2023: A Year in Review

    A look back at the year that was 2023 and all we achieved on Short of the Week & Shortverse.

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    Horror Nuhash Humayun

    Moshari

    Two sisters are forced inside a mosquito net (moshari) to survive — but can they survive each other?

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    Drama Antonio Orena-Barlin

    Suburbia

    An ordinary day in suburbia is shattered by the unexpected. Based on true events.

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    Comedy Christine Hooper

    On Loop

    Four in the morning, crapped out, yawning.

  • News

    SXSW Filmmakers Q&A

    As the SXSW Film Festival gears up this weekend, regular SOTW contributor, Jason B Kohl, sat down with two filmmakers from UCLA's MFA Directing Program en route to Austin. Their shorts couldn't be more different from each other in every aspect from production through post, but the two had many common insights to share.

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    Comedy Ben S. Hyland

    Quiet Carriage

    A man must decide whether to intervene and stop a casual commuting rule breaker, or live with a lifetime of regret. A comedy about a passive man with an overactive imagination.

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