SOTW
Short of the Week Partners with Michael Sugar, Cary Fukunaga, & David Gordon Green
As part of a deal with Sugar23, we welcome these filmmaking heavyweights to the S/W team.
Documentary
Roxy Rezvany
Wifi Rider
A viral Instagram account, a bold fashion line. One young Palestinian man shows the Arab diaspora they don’t have to tap into the Western zeitgeist—they can create their own.
Festival
Portable Film Festival 2010
The Portable Film Festival, an online festival with a number of categories from short films to music videos to art films, has just wrapped up and announced this year's winners. Previous SOTW's, Apricot and Sign Language (which also took the Virgin Media Shorts competition) earned praise this year, but the top prize went to the Spanish music video, Hamor.
Article
How We Launched Our Film Online: The Thomas Beale Cipher
On January 24th, 2011, Jason Sondhi and I released our festival-winning short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, out onto the great wild web. Like many filmmakers, I wrestled with the decisions of when and how to put my film online.
Festival
A Look Back at ANIMA 2019
Alex Dudok de Wit was on the ground at Belgium's top animation festival. Here are his impressions, and a sneak peak at the animated shorts that will be getting buzz in 2019.
Horror
Felipe Vargas
Milk Teeth
In this horror-fantasy fairy tale, an orphanage spirals into mayhem when a boy discovers a shadowy creature who comes to collect more than just the children's teeth…
Playlist
The S/W Team selects their Favourite Short Films of 2020
As a preview to the upcoming S/W Awards, our team selects their favourite short films of 2020 and explain why they stood out from the 256 we featured throughout the year.
Documentary
Darcy Prendergast
Strange Beasts
During its decade of operation, the Bacchus Marsh Lion Safari was one of Victoria’s most popular tourist attractions... now one of its greatest mysteries.
Adventure
Olympia Le-Tan & 2 Others
Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die by Your Side)
When the bookstore closes, the characters on the book covers come alive in this collaboration between designer Olympia Le-Tan and filmmaker Spike Jonze.
