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  • Festival

    A Shorts-Centric Recap of TIFF 2019

    S/W's Queen of Festivals, Céline Roustan, was on the ground for The Toronto International Film Festival. She shares her short film notebook, highlighting winners, new work from site alums, and her personal faves from the fest's 2019 edition.

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    Horror Teal Greyhavens

    Special Day

    On the night of her 18th birthday, Emily's family gathers together to reveal an important secret to her. It’s a secret that will shape the rest of her life…

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    Oscar Short Film Trends

    From the rise of the celebrity exec producer to the dwindling dominance of Animation's big studios, these are the Oscar short films trends you need to know about.

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    Short of the Week at TIFF 2017

    S/W was on the scene at TIFF 2017. Read our picks for the stand out shorts of the festival, and our impressions on the many features by S/W alums.

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    Experimental Cécile Brun

    Lah Gah (Letting go)

    A dive into sunny childhood memories, when a girl is singing and cooking with her father they are swept along by the wafting mass of dough into the emotional depths of loss and disappearance. Helpless, the child is trying to grasp what is not tangible.

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    Portable Film Festival 2010

    The Portable Film Festival, an online festival with a number of categories from short films to music videos to art films, has just wrapped up and announced this year's winners. Previous SOTW's, Apricot and Sign Language (which also took the Virgin Media Shorts competition) earned praise this year, but the top prize went to the Spanish music video, Hamor.

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    Dramedy Shia LaBeouf

    HowardCantour.com

    This is the story of Howard Cantour. A warrior. His life as a film critic and how he comes to terms with reviewing his hero's film.

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    Musical Niki Lindroth von Bahr

    The Burden (Min Börda)

    In a market place, situated next to a freeway, the employees of the various commercial venues deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns

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    Dark Comedy Nicole Delaney

    YOYO

    A girl tries to lose her virginity at the end of the world in this dark, heartfelt comedy about finding meaning in life even when life ceases to exist.

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