Caveirão

Not many people know this but every night at 3:33AM time is frozen for a moment. During what is a fraction of second to mortal eyes there is a second night, a secret one where the spirits of the city come out to play.

Filmmaker Update March 25th, 2023

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.

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Sci‑Fi Derek Van Gorder & Otto Stockmeier 15 minutes

C: 299,792 km/s

The story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck, and her radical act of mutiny aboard the KESTROS IV. With the help of her co-conspirators, she attempts to harness this weapon of mass destruction for a grand new purpose.

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Drama Reed Van Dyk 20 minutes

DeKalb Elementary

**VIDEO OPENS IN A NEW WINDOW** - Nominated for an Academy Award and inspired by a true story, a 911 call plays out against the backdrop of a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.

Filmmaker Update August 5th, 2020

The Short Film Sequel: Oliver Goodrum to return to 'This is Vanity' story in new film

Oliver Goodrum returns to S/W, seven years after we featured his film 'This is Vanity', to discuss returning to that story in follow-up short 'This is Iniquity'.

Festival March 27th, 2020

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.

Festival February 20th, 2011

2011 TROPFEST Australia

The 2011 Movie Extra Tropfest short film festival took place today in Australia, and of the 16 films, Animal Beatbox by Damon Gameau was declared the winner. [caption id="attachment_4816" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Click to Watch "Animal Beatbox""][/caption] The field was strong this year, with Joel Edgerton of the Blue-Tongue Collective represented for his film Monkeys, as well Mankind is No Island filmmaker and prior winner of Tropfest New York, Jason Van Genderen for The Unspoken.

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Comedy Ben S. Hyland 5 minutes

Quiet Carriage

A man must decide whether to intervene and stop a casual commuting rule breaker, or live with a lifetime of regret. A comedy about a passive man with an overactive imagination.

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Comedy Tom Nicoll 10 minutes

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Lighting Tests

A struggling actor agrees to help a director with some lighting tests but comes to suspect that maybe he’s just being exploited.

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Dark Comedy Mikey Alfred 13 minutes

The Dispute

Two best friends, from South Central Los Angeles, fantasize about living lavishly when a pre-approval letter for a credit card with no set spending limit suddenly arrives in the mail.