David Martin-Porras

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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

    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...

  • 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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    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?

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    Experimental Blu & David Ellis

    Combo

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

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    Music Video Khalil Joseph

    Until the Quiet Comes

    A promo for electronic artist Flying Lotus, the impressionistic vision of rising star Khalil Joseph is displayed in this short, dreamlike trip through a Los Angeles project. A Sundance 2013 short film.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: May 2024

    Motherhood, culpability and perception are explored in this trio of short films selected by our team as their favorites from our May coverage.

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    Documentary Jonathan David Kane

    Papa Machete

    An aging master keeps alive the art of "Tire Machèt", a style of machete fencing that overthrew the Napoleonic forces in the famous Haitian slave rebellions.

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    Dark Comedy Chester Vincent Toye

    Hangtime

    An eager young artist receives a disturbing and surreal introduction to the art world during the delivery of a controversial sculpture.

  • Filmmaker Update

    The Short List: Lance Oppenheim Interview

    Fresh off his first feature's appearance at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim joins us to discuss his short form work, his transition into features, and the importance of being your own MC.

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