Clapping For the Wrong Reasons
Multi-hyphenate star Donald Glover and frequent collaborator Hiro Murai craft a meandering but poignant indictment of hip-hop materialism.
Sci‑Fi
Simon Bovey
The Un-Gone
Beam me up! Transporters are a reality in this spare, realistic sci-fi short. However they are not perfect, as one man is about to find out.
The Grey Matter
An office stiff wakes up in an alley mysteriously covered in blood. In the aftermath, he attracts the attention of his beautiful coworker, granting him a new lease on life ...but something strange is afoot.
Netflix Streaming
The Ten Best Short Films on Netflix
Like short films? Have access to a Netflix account? Here are the 10 films worth your time [Updated March. 2025]
Article
Oscar Short Films 2023: A Voter's Guide
With nominee voting for the 2023 Academy Awards opening today (Thu 12th Jan), the S/W team highlights the five standout films from each short film category.
Romance
Spike Jonze
I'm Here
Spike Jonze's story about two robots in love based on Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree".
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: April 2020
The S/W team pick their three favourite shorts from the 22 we featured in April 2020
Comedy
Jordan Firstman
Sold.
A screenwriter goes out of town to not talk about show business, the only subject in which he knows how to talk about.
Comedy
Michael Killen
Downward Dog
Inspiring an ABC Comedy of the same name, “Downward Dog” follows the day-to-day life of Nan as told by her increasingly lonely and philosophical dog, Martin.
Horror
Sava Zivkovic
Irradiation
After being escorted to a mysterious irradiated site, Evgeniy finds himself experiencing strange visions and questioning the very reason he was sent to investigate the site in the first place.
