Underground Films

  • S/W Awards

    The Short Awards 2020

    The S/W team honors the most noteworthy short film streaming releases of the past year.

  • News

    Oscar Short Films 2023: The Winners

    All the waiting is over, the winners of the short film categories at the 95th Academy Awards have been announced...

  • GOBELINS l'école de l'image

    GOBELINS lécole de l'image: Films of 2015

    From Lobster-dates to Samurai-battles, the GOBELINS grad films are always a highly anticipated event in the world of online animation and the 2015 batch doesn't disappoint.

  • Best of the Month

    Best Films of the Month: May

    The highs-and-lows of life are explored in this trio of films selected as our 'Best of the Month' picks for May.

  • News

    Short Film Articles in NyTimes, Slate

    It's fun when mainstream sites do pieces on short film, and in a rare treat, two such articles were published online today. First up is a brief article and slideshow from the online magazine Slate via is DoubleX blog, where contributor Sasha Watson explores the trend of fashion advertising films.

  • SOTW

    The Short of the Week YouTube Channel

    Introducing the S/W YouTube channel—Subscribe for short films premieres from a diverse set of emerging voices pushing the boundaries of filmmaking.

  • SOTW

    S/W 2017 - By the Numbers

     SITENumber of Featured  Films on the Site in 2017: 300Number of News Pieces + Articles: 51Total Hours of Programming: 59 hours 35 minNumber of Paid Submissions: 3254Accepted Films: 141, a 5.6% Acceptance Rate CREATORS + CONTENTAvg.

  • Article

    The Viral Experience: What Happens When You Reach The Top

    You’'ve seen the scenario before: some talented, young filmmaker releases his latest short film on Vimeo… and BOOM… practically overnight it goes viral. A few million views and a couple hundred thousand comments later, they garner industry attention, eventually cinching a movie deal with Hollywood.

  • SOTW

    The SotW + PBS Show: Short Films From Young Hollywood

    This time out Ivan takes us through a tour of recent short films that from young Hollywood actors. With the cost of production dropping and distribution easier than ever before, several young talents are quickly jumping behind the camera.

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