Winners of the SOTW Awards 2013 New Media category sit down to discuss the importance of story and the need for funding in this roundtable discussion about the future of the industry.
Short of the Week is about more than just highlighting the best in bite-sized narrativesits also about fostering a dialogue amongst the innovative creators telling earth-shattering stories in new and interesting ways. And, what better time to do that than the week of the 2013 Short of Week Awards? All week, we'll be having roundtable interviews with the award winners to learn more about their creative process as well as the broader storytelling landscape where short films are proving to be the leaders in the industry.
A father and son work out their issues while battling a time-traveling killer android.
SOTW Awards 2013 Animation winners discuss the future of the animation industrytheir experiences and their thoughts on how shorts are leading the charge for innovation.
In a near future, a lonely man is addicted to a device called Best Friend which offers the perfect virtual friends
The concluding chapter of BMW's branded documentary experiment which I'm posting a day late. Apologies, I know you must be simply FURIOUS with me! No, really, if you've been eagerly awaiting these, then I'm sorry.
With science fiction story-lines and topics of sexuality proving to be big discussion starters here on Short of the Week, it would have seemed like an opportunity missed if we didn't speak to emerging filmmaker Connor Hurley about his short film The Naturalist. Based around concepts of genetically altering sexual orientation and set in an unspecified dystopian future, we talked to the director about the influence of existing work on his narrative/tone and looked at how he went about creating a timeless aesthetic for his film: It's hard not talk about The Naturalist without first looking at the concept - where did the idea for the narrative come from? I remember I was probably around 12 years old, pursuing both my passion for filmmaking and facing questions of my own sexuality.
3rd of this 4 part BMW series debuts today, titled "Reinventing Mobility". In this installment our crew of talking heads gets a little more concrete about what we can expect around the corner from our automobiles.
A gay man living in a genetically modified society is given the chance to alter his sexuality.
A young time traveler is confronted by an arrogant and hairless future version of himself—the winner of Short of the Week's Gut Check Competition.
