Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: September 2021
Academy members, viral hits and Cannes awards - the latest news from Short of the Week filmmakers.
Festival
A S/W-Centric Preview of Tribeca 2023
We round up alum features and 8 shorts to look out for from the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival Program.
Branded Content
Relentless Energy Short Stories
I watched a ton of skate and surf movie as a kid growing up in the hotbed of alternative sports culture, Southern California. I was an accomplished if not spectacular practitioner of both, and would eat up the opportunity to see new tricks, new athletes, performing at the top of their game, re-watching those VHS tapes to the point of destruction.
Sci‑Fi
Yves Paradis
M52
In one week increments, Yves Paradis worked on an unscripted, improvised animation, starting only with the concept of a character pushing a big cube in the desert. The result is an unexpected science fiction adventure into a distant future of mankind.
Drama
Lucy Knox
Hot Mother
A mother and her daughter are going through a very stressful time together. They hope that their stay at a spa hotel in the mountains will help relax the situation. But the isolated retreat becomes the setting for a physical and psychological nightmare.
Adventure
Jade Baillargeault
& 6 Others
Mice, a small story
The "Lord of the Rings" in 4 min. In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice find a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them, an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get hold of this strange object.
Black Filmmakers
Great Black Short Films, Chosen by Black Filmmakers
In honor of Black History Month in the US, we invited previously-featured filmmakers to select shorts by Black Artists that they are inspired by.
Horror
Ryan Connolly
Tell
Can the dead truly take revenge? Taylor seeks to hide his sins in hopes that they will go unnoticed and become no more than a dirty little secret...
Documentary
Heist
Every Runner Has A Reason
Ronnie Goodman may be San Francisco's most unexpected half-marathoner. This is the story of why he runs.
Sci‑Fi
K-Michel Parandi
From the Future with Love
Squads of privatized police officers from various corporations walk the streets of New York, selling overpriced protection plans to citizens.
