Best of the Month
Best of the Month: September 2023
A heartwarming fiction, a moving documentary and a WTF animation make up our Best of the Month picks for September 2023
SOTW
S/W 2017 Year in Review + Team Top Tens
A year in review for Short of the Week, + Trends, Numbers, & Top Ten favorite films from our staff of curators
SOTW
Vi"ME"o
I've got some big news to share which is exciting for me personally, (evidenced by the post title), but which should be positive for the site and, by turn, you too. A month ago I was offered, and accepted, the position of Curator at Vimeo.
Documentary
Eliot Rausch
Last Minutes With Oden
As Oden's struggle with cancer comes to end, Jason must to say goodbye to his best friend in this touching film that took home the top prize in the first annual Vimeo Awards.
Article
Do Short Film and Social Media Belong Together? A Look at the TIFF x Instagram Shorts Festival
As the borders between digital and real life blur, film festivals seek to leverage the latter to gain prominence in the former. TIFF’s mini festival with Instagram is an insightful look at influential platforms seeking to leverage each others strengths and envision the future of content
Drama
Ben Lewis
Apart From Everything
After a two-year absence and a recent stint in rehab, Fran (Tatiana Maslany) returns home. Struggling to live soberly, she must face the emotional fallout of her disappearance and make amends with the fiancée and the brother she left behind.
Drama
Sofia Coppola
Lick the Star
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A cruel clique of high school girls obsessed with social life wreak havoc on their classmates with their psychological torment in this early film by Sofia Coppola.
Playlist
The S/W Team selects their Favorite Short Films of 2024
Ghosts, rabbits and hair salons - this end-of-year playlist of 10 short films, handpicked by the S/W team, has EVERYTHING!!
Horror
ZombinLaden—The Axis of Evil Dead
He's back. And someone is going to have to kill him...again.
Documentary
Joshua Z Weinstein
I Beat Mike Tyson
In 2005, an unknown Irish boxer beat Mike Tyson, then he disappeared. Filmmaker Joshua Z Weinstein rediscovers boxer Kevin McBride, raising his children in a gritty Boston suburb. Kevin's body is deteriorating, yet he compulsively continues to fight.
