Best of the Month
Best of the Month: December 2023
A meditative doc, a twisted FX piece and a layered coming-of-age tale make up our Best of the Month picks for December 2023
Famous Filmmakers
The Short Films that became Features
Watch our pick of the best short films that became features in this playlist including Neill Blomkamp, Billy Bob Thornton & more [last updated June 2022].
Article
Oscars 2021: The Short Films battling for an Academy Award
With Oscar voting starting tomorrow, the S/W team explores the shortlists for the 2021 Academy Awards and highlights our favorite film in the Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Subject & Live Action Short Film categories
Drama
Aurora Fearnley
Struck
On the sand dunes of her local beach, a female jogger returns to the scene of a crime looking for closure.
Action
Seth Worley
Plot Device
When activated, the "plot device" spontaneously transforms our hero's world into any number of cliched film scenarios. A hit branded film for software company Red Giant.
Thriller
Stephen Fingleton
SLR
A man obsessed with voyeur pornography is forced to track down an anonymous photographer when he makes a shocking discovery online.
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Oscar Short Films 2024: A Voter's Guide
With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers, Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi, take on the role of voter and whittle the 45-title shortlists down to the 15 short films they think should advance to the nominations round.
Festival
A S/W-Centric Preview of Tribeca 2023
We round up alum features and 8 shorts to look out for from the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival Program.
Sci‑Fi
Kibwe Tavares
Robot & Scarecrow
When a robot pop princess flees her keeper she runs into the arms of a lonely scarecrow. They spend an incredible night together in a heady vortex of music and magic.
Drama
Miles Warren
Bruiser
After his father gets into a fight at a bowling alley, Darious begins to investigate the limitations of his own manhood.
