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...
S/W Awards
SOTW Awards 2015!
For the 4th consecutive year the editorial team at Short of the Week is pleased to highlight (what we think are) the very best short films released online. Culling from the over 150 short films featured on the site in 2014, the SOTW Awards honor the current breadth of excellence in the short form.
Article
How to Work With Short of the Week This Award Season
If your short is in the running for top prizes, we lay out how best we can help you.
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.
Famous Filmmakers
Watch Short Films from the 2016 Sundance Film Fest
Sundance is happening, and we've rounded up 5 official short film selections from this year's fest that you can watch right now.
Documentary
Sarra El Abed
Y’a pas d’heure pour les femmes (Ain’t No Time for Women)
A Tunisian ladies’ hairdressing salon becomes an arena for political debate during the 2019 presidential election campaign.
Dark Comedy
Sylvain Chomet
La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons)
Classic French animation from director Sylvain Chomet in which a starving policeman masquerades as a pigeon to trick an old lady into feeding him.
Drama
Frédérick Tremblay
Toutes les poupées ne pleurent pas (Dolls Don't Cry)
A man and a woman are involved in the production of an animated film. He animates by night, she makes and repairs the accessories during the day. Behind the scene, a woman is waiting for her entrance.
Playlist
Short of the Year Playlist
This year marks the 15th edition of the Short Awards - with 2022's 'Short of the Year' soon to be announced, we take a look back at our previous winners and ask...Are these the best films we've ever featured on the site?
Festival
Online Now: The 9th Annual "My French Film Festival"
((The Festival is now over, and the links to the films have expired) We preview and link to the 10 short films you can watch for free in this year's "My French Film Festival"—Unifrance's innovative online celebration of contemporary French cinema.
