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.
Prepare yourself for a dose of the "best medicine in the world", as the Short of the Week team pick their favorite comedy titles featured on the site.
“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'.
If you live in the US, UK or Canada, you may be able to see the live-action, animated and documentary Oscar-nominated short film programs in a theater near you starting today. Shorts International is again the driving force behind this great series.
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
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.
Presenting what they describe as 'the finest and freshest LGBTQ+ shorts', these are the films of the 10th edition of Frameline Voices
The international film community mourns the passing of one of its greatest masters this week. Abbas Kiarostami's films are intimate, contemplative pieces that pose complex questions.
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.
Friday I reviewed the 9 retrospective short films available to watch for free in the Tribeca Streaming Room. They underwhelmed me, which I found oddshouldn'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.
