Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Updates: Awards & In Development
Wait! Did S/W alums just clean up at the Oscars? We've got some juicy updates from our previous featured filmmakers.
Filmmaker Update
Move against the crowds - Michael Frei releases 'Kids' game
Filmmaker Michael Frei releases 'Kids' - a game of crowds, his latest collaboration with game designer Mario von Rickenbach.
Article
Has Hollywood Lost its Way?
The top 7 films in 2011 were all sequelsand three of those are part of franchises that made the same list 10 years ago. We all know there's a lack of original stories coming from Hollywood these days, but just how bad is it?
Documentary
Bill Morrison
Incident
Nominated for Oscar. Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narrative begins to take shape in the aftermath.
Documentary
Alec Ernest
Living History: The John Feathers Map Collection
In October 2012 a mysterious map collector passed away, and the maps were given to the Los Angeles Public Library, doubling their collection in one day.
Fantasy
Rebecca Archer
Canuck Black
In a shadowy interrogation room, a homicide file lies open in front of two frustrated cops. Behind a one way mirror sits their main suspect, a hulking black bear named Canuck Black.
Documentary
Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.
The Monolith
Celebrated NYC artist, Gwyneth Leech, walks into her midtown Manhattan studio only to discover that her stunning, 16x9 skyline view will now be blocked by the construction of yet another high-rise.
S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2024: The Nominees
With award season upon us, it's time for our annual Short Awards. Check out the 15 nominated films and even vote for your favorite - in our Audience Choice award.
Horror
Hana Kazim
MAKR
A fake exorcist visits the home of a man who thinks his wife is possessed by a Djinn, only to find out that things are not as they seem.
Drama
Olivia Newman
First Match
Mo is the only girl on her high-school wrestling team. Will her love of the sport and her desire to connect with her ex-wrestler father overcome the naysayers? Olivia Newman's celebrated short is the basis of her brand new Netflix Original feature.
