Guy Maddin

  • Article

    Lessons From a Decade of Short Film (2010-2019)

    The 2010s was the decade that streaming video exploded into the mainstream, read how Short film drove improvements in streaming quality, shaped how films are made, defined new genres, and changed how we think about film releases.

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    Documentary Zackary Canepari & Drea Cooper

    Uppercut

    Silicon Valley coders formed a real life fight club to escape their everyday lives.

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    Action Justin Lutsky

    The Action Hero's Guide to Saving Lives

    If at first you don't deliver cocky perfection, try try again—a behind the scenes look at the making of a classic action hero in this comedy from On the Lot alum, Justin Lutsky.

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    Drama

    Lucas

    Desperate for money to buy a motorcycle, Lucas makes a deal with a stranger to let him take some "innocent" pictures in exchange for cash.

  • Festival

    A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2023

    Brimming with exciting filmmaking talent, the SXSW program can be a bit overwhelming. So if you're on the ground in Austin, Texas and looking for films to add to your watchlist, we've got you covered...

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    Dark Comedy Willy Berliner

    I'm in Here

    A man finds a family of strangers in his house and has an extremely difficult time asking them to leave.

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    Experimental Nasos Gatzoulis

    Tim of the Jungle

    **CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A high school student attempting to complete his musical opus keeps getting distracted by the intense fights of his mentally imbalanced father and overly doting mother.

  • Festival

    AFI Fest 2010 Short Film Showcase

    Titular character of Marcel the Shell While festivals and online outlets still exist as two different worlds, it seems that every online mainstay wants to become a festival (see YouTube Biennial, Vimeo Festival), and every festival wants to have a presence online. We've covered Cannes and Sundance's forays, and now at the end of the yearly festival season the American Film Institute's AFI Fest has a turn with a selection of 11 shorts available through its website.

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    Dark Comedy Nils Hedinger

    Timber

    A group of logs struggle to survive a freezing apocalyptic night by keeping the fire burning - with each other's bodies.

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    Dark Comedy Bailey Tom Bailey

    The History of Nipples

    'What are my nipples for?' Ron asks after reading about a Celtic fertility ritual, and falls into a personal crisis with a drastic solution.

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