Films Camera Oscura

  • The Short List

    The Short List: Jacob Chase

    “Who am I to say no to Steven Spielberg?" - Jacob Chase joins us to discuss how he turned his short film 'Larry' into Amblin produced feature 'Come Play'.

  • GOBELINS l'école de l'image

    Gobelins 2011 Graduation Films

    6 new animated shorts have come online to the Gobelins YouTube channel, representing the graduation work of its 3rd year students at the Paris campus. The name "Gobelins" may be familiar to you as the school has produced bumpers for the world-famous Annecy Animation Fest the last couple of years.

  • Festival

    Short of the Week Will Review Sundance 2009 Films

    This year, the Sundance Film Festival will highlight an exclusive selection of 10 short films over 10 days on the iTunes Store.Beginning January 15th with the first film, Short of the Week will be reviewing each film as they're released—giving our expert advice on whether to watch it or not.

  • Festival

    Competition Short Films Part 2: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

    This is the second part of our coverage of the 9 in-competition short films Tribeca (Online) has made available, and the 3rd (and last) post overall in our coverage of Tribeca 2011 Online Films. You can still see part 1 and our post on the 9 retrospective shorts, but you only have a few more days to catch them.

  • Festival

    Competition Short Films Part 1: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

    Friday I reviewed the 9 retrospective short films available to watch for free in the Tribeca Streaming Room. They underwhelmed me, which I found odd—shouldn't the program have been comprised of nothing but slam-dunk, all-star selections? Anyway, today we shift focus to the films that are actual 2011 Tribeca Film Fest selections, and fortunately  I think they are much better.

  • Article

    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.

  • Best of the Month

    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.

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