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    Comedy Alex Morsanutto

    Hi-Glow Retro

    Tommy Ashby, a high school senior with severe social anxiety, decides to step out of his comfort zone to learn 70’s disco dancing. Will that be enough to grab the popular girl's attention at the dance?

  • Filmmaker Update

    An Introduction to Podcast Directing with Stefanie Abel Horowitz

    With fictional podcasts identified as a potential career path for directors, Stefanie Abel Horowitz (sometimes, I think about dying) joins us to discuss what it was like to work with Rami Malek and Cole Sprouse and the difference between directing podcasts and short films.

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    Drama Missy Malek

    We're Too Good for This

    A group of disabled teenagers decide to get into drug-dealing as payback against a bully.

  • Festival

    Palm Springs ShortFest Online Festival (2012)

    North America's largest festival dedicated to short film returns next week. For the second year organizers have created an online component to supplement the proceedings.

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    Drama Derek Tonks

    Whitetail Bucks

    Three generations of hunters - Grandfather, Father, and Son - butt heads as they trek deep into an Idaho forest during their annual hunt in the treacherous winter of 1978

  • Article

    Oscar Short Films 2024: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers, Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi, take on the role of voter and whittle the 45-title shortlists down to the 15 short films they think should advance to the nominations round.

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    Oscars Short Films 2025: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.

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    Drama Jessy Hodges

    Every Part of You

    After a fight with her mother, sixteen-year-old James sneaks her boyfriend Ben into their house once everyone has gone to sleep. When Ben brings a scary movie to watch, James is more horrified than she ever could have imagined.

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    Dramedy Kurt Andrew Schneider

    Higher Power

    When a storm causes a citywide blackout, a scrap collector sees an opportunity that could turn his luck around.

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    Dramedy Katherine Propper

    Birds

    Moments in the lives of Austin teenagers during the heat of a Texas summer.

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