David Karlak

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    Horror Lael Rogers

    The Influencer

    A social media influencer describes her perfect day harvesting the eyes and minds of her followers to achieve immortality.

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    Sci‑Fi The Brothers Lynch

    Trial

    A pioneering mind transfer procedure offers a quadriplegic soldier the chance of a new life... but at a terrible cost. A high concept science fiction short from filmmaking duo The Brothers Lynch.

  • Oscar Films

    Oscars Short Films 2025: Predictions

    With the Oscars ceremony taking place this Sunday (March 2nd), the S/W team predict the winners in each of the three short film categories.

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    Sci‑Fi Ethan Shaftel

    Flesh Computer

    A man taking care of his cybernetic pet is threatened by a group of idle troublemakers.

  • Festival

    The ShortList Online Film Festival: Part 2

    No preamble, if you want to learn more about this fantastic online competition, check out the first half of our coverage from yesterday. Again, due to embedding restrictions, please visit the festival website to view the films.

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    Documentary Colin Arisman & Tyler Wilkinson-Ray

    Finding Gulo

    "Finding Gulo" follows a backcountry ski guide & field biologist who attempt to document an elusive population of wolverines in Washington's Cascade Range. When our government fails to act, can citizen science save endangered wildlife from climate change?

  • Interview

    The Importance of Editing with Alexander Farah

    "The simplistic act of splicing two clips together in a sequence, made me understand the editor to be a second director of sorts" - S/W regular Alexander Farah joins us to discuss the importance of editing when creating a short film.

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    Experimental Blu & David Ellis

    Combo

    Street artist Blu animates large-scale creatures as they crawl across an abandoned Argentine cityscape.

  • Festival

    A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2023

    Brimming with exciting filmmaking talent, the SXSW program can be a bit overwhelming. So if you're on the ground in Austin, Texas and looking for films to add to your watchlist, we've got you covered...

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