Filmmaker Updates: December 2020
From high-profile Christmas ads to box-office features, we take a look at the exciting new projects from filmmakers previously featured on Short of the Week
From high-profile Christmas ads to box-office features, we take a look at the exciting new projects from filmmakers previously featured on Short of the Week
A son recounts the legend of his father, an avid hunter whose collection lacked only one mythical beast...
The nominations are in! There are many great films in the lineup this year but there are also a few noticeable absences. Who do you think deserves the little golden man? Click the images to view the trailers then vote below.
Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.
It's been over a year since we stopped getting in touch with filmmakers on a regular basis, and one of the things we got back from you readers before our redesign, was that you wanted that sad state of affairs to end. So it will.
The Moët Moment Film Festival is back with a $25,000 grant to the filmmaker who can make the best :30-60s short—Enter by March 22
With her debut feature 'Stray' impressing on the festival circuit in 2020, director Elizabeth Lo ('Hotel 22', 'Mother's Day') joins us to discuss her transition from short film to feature.
Mother and Father lay the child in his cot at the same time every night. However, come morning, only a shallow crater remains; a baby-shaped depression. The boy was destined to be a wanderer.
Gints Zilbalodis joins us to discuss how he made award-winning animated feature Away on short film funding
Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, the film is an unflinching portrait of the lived experience of teenagers finding their way through an overburdened public school system.