Article
Is AI the Future of Filmmaking?
Overview of how AI may shift the filmmaking world over the coming years—the opportunities and questions it raises.
Filmmaker Update
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please bring Christmas to Netflix with Stop-Motion Short Robin Robin
Short of the Week alum's Dan Ojari and Mikey Please team up with Oscar-winning studio Aardman Animation to share a little festive spirit in Netflix Christmas special Robin Robin.
Festival
Encounters 2013 - Festival Preview
Beginning life back in 1995, when it was originally envisioned as a one-off short film event, the Encounters Short film and Animation Festival has developed into one of the world's leading lights in showcasing short films and their talented creators. A qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and a gateway to the BAFTAs and the Cartoon d'Or, if you're a short film buff and within reach of Bristol in the UK, then Encounters is a gathering you'll certainly want to be a part of.
Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2024: A Short-Centric Guide
From short films to features, we take a look at this year's Sundance Film Festival line-up.
Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2023: A Short-Centric Guide
With Sundance 2023 finally back in-person (after the last two editions happened digitally only), here are our recommendations of what to watch at this year's festival
Documentary
Duncan Cowles
In the Company of Insects
Prompted by the death of his grandfather, a filmmaker comes to terms with his feelings of loss by focussing on something smaller.
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.
Dark Comedy
Jamie Travis
The Armoire
Aaron sings in choir, watches soap operas and sleeps with the nightlight on. Can hypnosis solve the mystery of his missing friend?
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: January 2022
The Short of the Week team has voted. Dive into our first Best of the Month playlist of 2022.
Dark Comedy
Tobias Rud
The TOBOS
Something is wrong with Bean-TOBO’s insides... Subversively set within a cute-silly world, a short film that tackles themes of vulnerability, feelings of unworthiness, and the connection that we truly crave with each other.
