On January 24th, 2011, Jason Sondhi and I released our festival-winning short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, out onto the great wild web. Like many filmmakers, I wrestled with the decisions of when and how to put my film online.
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.
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.
What if fantasy characters from World of Warcraft existed in our world? That's what this documentary from Dublin explores, and I in turn explore how the film is perfect representative of short film today.
By any measurement, 2016 was a dramatic year. In a year that revealed some of the ugliest nature of ourselves, we need to remember to reflect on the amazing moments as well.
Short of the Week is about more than just highlighting the best in bite-sized narrativesits also about fostering a dialogue amongst the innovative creators telling earth-shattering stories in new and interesting ways. And, what better time to do that than the week of the 2013 Short of Week Awards? All week, we'll be having roundtable interviews with the award winners to learn more about their creative process as well as the broader storytelling landscape where short films are proving to be the leaders in the industry.
(Currently Offline) In a dark, velvety theatre there is a first kiss between Pietro and Tommaso. When the lights come back on, however, the two students have different expectations of what might follow.
An anxiety-ridden high school girl is faced with the challenge of giving a class presentation.
"A whole lot of bikes, a whole lot of fun"...welcome to Black Bike Week.
In this first Best of the Month playlist of the new decade, we take a look back our favourite content from the first 31-days of 2020
