Guns Found Here

When there’s a gun crime in America, there’s only one place to go to trace the gun back to its owner: the ATF’s National Tracing Center, which handles roughly 8,000 active traces per day — all while inside a government-mandated technology time-capsule that makes searching a database of gun owners impossible.

Article March 4th, 2013

The Changing Game of Distribution

This year marked an interesting milestone for the Oscar nominated animated short films. For the first time in recent memory, people actually watched them.

Playlist January 1st, 2021

The S/W Team selects their Favourite Short Films of 2020

As a preview to the upcoming S/W Awards, our team selects their favourite short films of 2020 and explain why they stood out from the 256 we featured throughout the year.

Festival July 9th, 2010

Fluxus 2010 Online Film Fest

Just stumbled upon something really cool by complete accident! Maybe I should be ashamed to call myself an "short film expert" and not have heard of this since it's in its 10th year, but Fluxus is an online film festival based out of Brazil that combines museum exhibition of short films and installations with a sophisticated online exhibition experience. What that means for us who don't live in São Paulo is that 40 current, high quality festival-circuit films are online right this moment to watch! Still from Bastien Dubois' Madagascar.

Best of the Month May 1st, 2023

Best of the Month: April 2023

Prepare to be tense, teased and touched as the Short of the Week team pick their latest Best of the Month films from our April coverage.

Festival March 16th, 2023

Feature Filmmakers at SXSW 2023 explain how Short Film shaped their careers

Liza Mandelup, Matt Vesely and Michael Lukk Litwak - three filmmakers with features at SXSW 2023 - join us to discuss how short film was important in helping to shape their careers so far.

S/W Awards February 16th, 2022

The Short Awards 2022: Category Winners

From the 233 short films we featured on Short of the Week in 2021, our team has selected 14 we think deserve extra praise and attention. This is the 2022 Short Awards

Interview August 3rd, 2012

Interview with Jamie Travis (The Armoire)

Toronto native Jamie Travis has been making short films for more than a decade. When he finally made the leap to features (his debut For a Good Time, Call premiered at Sundance and will hit cinemas this fall), he gave shorts lovers everywhere a wonderful gift by releasing all his previous work online.

Festival March 27th, 2020

Festivals Go Virtual: How Top Fests Are Adapting to the Coronavirus Shutdown

Updated 4/19: In the midst of social distancing, film festivals around the world are canceling or postponing their events. Here are examples of what some festivals are doing to preserve aspects of the experience remotely.

Short of the Moment June 23rd, 2011

Short Films by Louis C.K.

Marking the second season of "Louie" premiering on US TV, we look at short film work by comedian Louis CK