Festival
A S/W-Centric look at TIFF 2022
Programmer Céline Roustan highlights the must-watch films, from S/W alums, at TIFF 2022
Drama
Eamonn O'Neill
I'm Fine Thanks
The indignities of life add up, sometimes more than you can take. But our protagonist is fine thanks.
Adventure
Late Night Work Club
Late Night Work Club Presents: Ghost Stories
Late Night Work Club, a collective comprised of the most promising minimalist animators on the internet, releases their first project—an omnibus of shorts that tell stories from the great beyond.
Adapted to Feature
From Bag Man to Kin: A Sci-Fi Short-to-Feature
An S/W Award winner in 2014, "Bag Man" has transformed into "Kin" a new sci-fi feature released in theaters this weekend. We round up coverage from around the web on the film and the journey of its creators, twin brothers Jonathan and Josh Baker.
Festival
Festivals Go Virtual: How Top Fests Are Adapting to the Coronavirus Shutdown
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.
Documentary
Colin Arisman
& Oliver Sutro
School of Fish
Indigenous people and salmon have been intertwined for thousands of years in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Today, kids learn from elders to fish but must also learn to fight, as pollution from Pebble Mine threatens this pristine ecosystem. Can the next generation defend the most prolific salmon run left on earth?
Festival
Doorpost Online Film Competition 2010
The Doorpost Project is the best online film competition out there. I realize that might not be saying much as the web is lousy with short film competitions.
Documentary
Pete Quandt
Tuesday Afternoon
After 33 years in federal prison, 22 of which spent in extreme solitary confinement, Jack Powers embarks into a modern world, journeying across the Northeast to start a new life.
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: August 2021
A compassionate indie drama, a game-changing CG animation and a hi-concept body-swap comedy with heart make up the trio of films selected by the S/W team as our 'Best of the Month' for August 2021.
Drama
Dinh Thai
Monday
Kwan is an Asian-American hustler in contemporary Los Angeles. You need something, Kwan can get it for you, whether that’s drugs or a spare laptop. As we follow Kwan through his deals he demonstrates the critical skills needed to survive when living in a city where cultures and class intermix.
