As 14 year-olds Astrid and Issi’s summer vacation is coming to an end, Issi is on a mission: find a guy to hopefully lose her virginity to. During their last night, their friendship will get tested when they meet a couple of guys, and the night doesn’t go according to Issi’s plan.
The jury has made their selections, the Audience Choice votes are in, and the S/W team has chosen the one standout short from our 2024 coverage to receive the Trailblazer prize. That means it’s officially awards time!
Set in a reality where technology as we know it doesn't exist, a young woman attends a series of touching and surreal “appointments” that straddle the line between companionship and personalized entertainment.
**Link opens in a new window** - Once a year, estranged brothers Michael and Peter make a reluctant pilgrimage to the old fairground yard where their friend Sam went missing when they were boys. A short film from Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin.
When everyone leaves for the night, the objects in the office take over the computers to experience the outside world in this stop-motion animation powered by Google Street View.
A self-deprecating look at a filmmaker's battle with depression using archival footage and ephemera from his past, focusing primarily on the rat tail he had for ten years that his parents still keep in the storage room of their basement.
Welcome to “The Academy Awards of quilting”, a weeklong spectacle in which quilters from all over the world gather in Paducah, Kentucky every year for its huge quilt competition. Part of our SXSW Shorts Week coverage. #SXSWshorts
'Just one more drink' becomes a spontaneous night out for Fatimah and Leon as they avoid the inevitable conversation that awaits.
What are the best horror short films online? We let some of the most exciting genre-bending filmmakers we know pick their favorites in the hope of finding out.
This surreal, design-inspired film, blends live-action and animation to illustrate the emotions of new love and heartbreak.
