Vengeful sculptors, baby squirrels and backflipping avatars - the S/W team pick their favorite short films from our 2023 coverage.

Updated 4/19: In the midst of social distancing, film festivals around the world are canceling or postponing their events. Here are examples of what some festivals are doing to preserve aspects of the experience remotely.

One of the most notable short film success stories of recent years, this independent short animation from Matthew A. Cherry played theatrically in front of Angry Birds 2 this summer.

You’'ve seen the scenario before: some talented, young filmmaker releases his latest short film on Vimeo… and BOOM… practically overnight it goes viral. A few million views and a couple hundred thousand comments later, they garner industry attention, eventually cinching a movie deal with Hollywood.

For the 4th consecutive year the editorial team at Short of the Week is pleased to highlight (what we think are) the very best short films released online. Culling from the over 150 short films featured on the site in 2014, the SOTW Awards honor the current breadth of excellence in the short form.

With the BFI London Film Festival set to once again open its doors on Wednesday October 5th, we take a look at the programme and select our highlights from the 2022 line-up.

We quizzed the BAFTA nominated writer/director on his inspiration, shooting style and lessons learned when making OFFLINE DATING

DANIELS are on top of the world. How did they get there? We trace their careers from the beginning through a curated selection of their most important videos in our first-ever creator retrospective.